He hailed President Bola Tinubu for his various reform policies aimed at making life better for Nigerians.
“First of all, we need to talk about information technology then, we can talk about artificial intelligence. If the state government is able to go online, go hitech, they will be able to do things faster and they will be able to do more.
“Artificial Intelligence is an algorithm base and since it is a new thing, it’s the way to do so many things. The adoption of artificial intelligence can help the state government to increase their revenue.
“Where the manual means cannot identify, the AI can identify it and make it possible for funds to be generated in those areas.
“The usefulness and result of AI to the youths are endless, it’s now the way of life. Any youth that doesn’t know about AI is backward. AI keeps evolving, any responsible youth has to key into it to be able to enjoy what others are enjoying because it will make youth have better money and a better life.
He stressed the need for Nugerian security agents to constantly do aerial surveillance to detect the terrorists hideouts and wipe them out before they launch attack.
While sympathising with the people and government of Benue State ,Atayero said such dastardly act could have been averted if artificial intelligence was put in place.
“I think what is happening in Benue State can be averted with the use of AI. If the government can deploy drones, to be able to identify where these hoodlums are, if the federal government can be proactive enough to make use of AI, you can avert so many things and we can increase the intelligence base.
“I want to attribute what’s happening in Benue State to low intelligence, when there’s full intelligence, it will tell you before something happens but now, we only have intelligence after an incident. It’s a challenge, it’s an intelligence issue which has to be taken seriously by the government”.
The President of Nigerian Entrepreneurship Youth Initiative, Adefisoye Adesola said the participants were trained on digital skills including cyber security and how to use prompt engineering to control artificial intelligence.
He added that the program also covered training on digital marketing, which would enable the entrepreneurs to market their products outside Nigeria with the aid of technology.
“Today, we are doing the graduation of the first of its kind in Aramoko-Ekiti, Ekiti State digital skills for the youth, and they have been trained on how to use artificial intelligence and how to use prompt engineering in controlling artificial intelligence.
“They also learned about machine learning. They’ve learned about mobile cybersecurity on how to secure their data online in order not to be hacked by hackers.
“Another thing they have also learned is about digital marketing because most of them are also entrepreneurs. So for them to market their products, it has to be on technology”.
A participant, Joseph Fajuyigbe commended the community leader and organiser for bringing the programme to his doorsteps, saying it would enable him to explore more of technology and take advantage of it to navigate through his endeavours.
Esther Olaniyi described the training as an eye-opener that has given her insight into technology, saying the outstanding certificate earned would serve as an advantage for her as she evolves with artificial intelligence.
Another highpoint of the event was the presentation of certificates to outstanding participants, in collaboration with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA).