CITAD (www.citad.org and www.citad.interconnection.org): Center for information technology and development (CITAD) was established in 2000 as a capacity building organization in the area of ICTs, research, training and advocacy. It has offices in Kano, Jigawa and Bauchi and its activities go beyond these states. The Kano office is located at the 3rd Floor, NSITF Building, No. 1A Social Insurance Road, Behind Trade Fair Complex, off Zaria Road, Kano, P. O. Box 10210. Its overall aim is to provide guidelines informed by both research and practice on how ICTs could be properly deployed in the efforts to promote sustainable development and good governance. It has done several IT training programmes for both Kano and Jigawa State Governments, consulted for Kano State as the Coordinating Consultant for the establishment of the Kano ICT Park and conducted several IT based researches for Kano and Jigawa Governments as well as for National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).