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Institute for eGovernment

Inaugurating the board in Abuja, Minister of Science and Technology, Prof. Turner Isoun, noted that NeGSt has within a short time, been able to help increase productivity, institutional transparency, accountability, and efficiency resulting in unprecedented and radical economic and technological growths.

Nigeria is awaiting the 5G rollout, which is planned for August 2022, with the fifth generation mobile network set to bring benefits to a wide range of industries.

For the most populous country in Africa, 5G will help deliver improvements in the fields of education, business, smart cities and entertainment.

The Minister of State for Interior, Mr. Humphrey Abba, sopke during a courtesy visit by the Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Professor Ade Adefuye and said, “We are going to deploy enough mobile machines to the United Kingdom and Washington to fast track the issuance of the e-passport to Nigerians living abroad.

Chairman, NPC, Chief Festus Odimegwu, who disclosed this in Abuja, said the biometric capturing would also be applied to all people resident in Nigeria.

Chairman of the commission, Chief Festus Odimegwu, disclosed this in Abuja while hosting the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Executive Director, Professor Babatunde Osho-timehin, who was on a working tour of Nigeria.

The new minister wants the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) to end the sale of pre-registered, unregistered and partially-registered SIM cards; stem the tide of illegal deduction of the data of subscribers and work towards the downward review of the cost of data; and ensure compliance with the maximum 2% Call Drop Rate directive to telecom operators.

The NCC is not the only establishment that got the marching order from the new minister Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami. He has also set targets for the CEOs of other parastatals under the federal ministry of communications.

Nihilent, in accordance with the agreement, will work with NITDA in defining the character and ethos of the e-governance awards through various activities, including identification of different award categories, formulation of awards criteria, formation of awards committee by selecting members, definition of field survey and documentation procedure, and formalisation of awards and recognition.

The project is in line with the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy for a Digital Nigeria.

The Minister for Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami, has unveiled the new National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) digital centre, reviewed logo, vision, and mission statements, assuring that the new projects will help to upgrade Nigeria’s cyber security.

Speaking during the Phase III Virtual Commissioning of Digital Economy Projects for a Digital Nigeria, the minister noted that the project is in line with the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy for a Digital Nigeria.

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has outlined five new regulatory instruments for the improvement of the Information Communications and Technology (ICT) sector in Nigeria.

Speaking on the development, the Director-General of NITDA, Isa Ibrahim, disclosed this at the second quarter public presentation of the regulatory instruments on Friday in Abuja.

Part of NITDA’s core mandate is developing ICTs in Nigeria, and this the Agency has been implementing through training Nigerians across all strata and investing in researches to increase the country’s knowledge base in ICT innovations, especially in the area of software development.

The director-general of the agency, Prof. Cleopus Angaye, threw the challenge to the army yesterday at the launch of the strategic business partnership on the Rural Information Technology Centres (RITC) and the Mobile Internet Units (MIUs) established at the Mambila Barracks in Asokoro, Abuja, for the guards brigade.

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has announced the digital transformation plan of the government for the nation’s Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector.

The newly appointed Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Mr. Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, disclosed the status of the plan in an interview in the inaugural issue of eGovernance Nigeria Magazine, from the stable of Technology Times Media Limited.

A statement made available to THISDAY disclosed that the stakeholders’ meeting will include leaders in the country's financial, technology, educational and health sectors, among others who will offer NITDA a good ground to strengthen the link between ICT integration and the achievement of President Yar’Adua’s Seven- Point Agenda for meeting the Millennium Development goals (MDGs).

Business and organisations have been urged to take full advantage of the evolving Information and Communications Technology (ICT) landscape and embrace digital technology capable of positively disrupting their business model to survive the challenges posed by COVID-19.

Experts in the technology space, who made this advice, said that the pandemic had wiped away so much gain for business growth, but had also created immense opportunities for organisations to explore ICT for survival.

In a statement issued by NITDA’s Head of Public Affairs, Mrs. Hadiza Umar, in Abuja on Tuesday, stated that Jack made the assertion in a speech he delivered at a global media event in Dubai.

The meeting was preparatory to the Global Information Technology Exhibition Week 2014.

The new Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Communications, Istifanus Fuktar, says it is time for Nigeria to move away from running its affairs manually and embrace digitisation.

Mr Fuktur said this on Tuesday during the handing over ceremony in the ministry in Abuja. He was the Permanent Secretary of the Police Service Commission before he was redeployed to the Ministry of Communications.

Following the pilot programs, Phase3 plans for this initiative to expand to the national level while providing support for rural development. The 3CEi e-Learning initiative was created in 2013 to help build a solid foundation for Nigerian students in ICT knowledge development at primary, secondary and tertiary levels.

Poor internal infrastructure and faulty planning are undermining the delivery of the much needed - and recently landed - broadband internet and data capacity to Nigerians.

This is already affecting the development of e-governance, e-commerce and e-education, analysts told BusinessDay.

Also affected are revenues from data carriage which represent only 5 percent of the total revenues of telecom firms in Nigeria.

Third generation (3G) mobile and WiMAX wireless broadband services are being rolled out at a rapid pace, backed by new national and international fiber links. Nigeria ranks 8th out of a total of 212 member countries of United Nations in terms of number of internet users. Contrastingly, it occupies 128th spot in terms of internet penetration.

As such, the 25th edition of the Nigeria Computer Society yearly congress held in Enugu, at the weekend challenged the country on the need to implement policies that could aid it bridge the knowledge economy gap.