Development in the Niger Delta must be tech-driven, and the drive must begin at home, the tech must have roots in the institutions in the oil region.
This is hallmark of a tech drive unveiled by the Rivers State University (RSU), which actually was the Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST), which was the dream of the founding fathers when it was established as the Rivers State College of Science Technology in 1972 before transforming to Nigeria’s pioneer University of Science and Technology (UST) at the back of discovery of oil in the region.
The tech backbone was unveiled as Rivers State Digital Initiative (RSDI), a broad-based ICT system that would transform the RSU into a smart university with what is called connected campus which is to be paperless.
BB Fakae, onetime Vice Chancellor and father of RSU digital agenda
The event which attracted top educationists, professors, and the tech community took place at the Senate Building of the RSU in Nkpolu/Oroworokwo in the heart of the Garden City. Present, most importantly, was Bariname Beke Fakae (simply called BB Fakae), the one-time vice chancellor credited with the foundation of the ICT drive of the then UST.
