Cybersecurity specialist, Mr Chidiebere Ihediwa, has suggested the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee to plan strategies to reorient arrested educated on-line fraudsters (often known as Yahoo Boys) into data know-how specialists.
In response to him, this technique is healthier than letting them languish in detention or endure damaging decomposition.
Ihediwa, additionally a famend software program developer, made the decision on Wednesday throughout an awards ceremony in his honor on the Police Officers Mess, GRA Ikeja, Lagos.
In response to Ihediwa, “data will be divided into two: constructive and damaging.”
He defined that “even when there have been many educated younger males among the many cyber fraudsters, their inherent data was opposite to the perfect constructive data needed for social improvement.”
The cybersecurity specialist identified that “redirecting the Yahoo guys' data into significant ventures will probably be of nice profit to the nation.”
In his welcome handle, a consultant of the award winner (Cornerstone.ng), Mr. Chris Oji, mentioned Ihediwa rightly deserved the award contemplating his excellent contributions to software program improvement and data know-how in Nigeria.
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, additionally introduced plans to coach remorseful web fraudsters, often known as “yahoo boys”, in superior data and communications know-how and different vocational abilities at his proposed know-how park within the state. (https://punchng.com/obaseki-plans-ict-training-for-repentant-yahoo-boys/)
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