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  • Nigeria: ‘Shortage of reliable data hamper government project’

    Vice Chairman, National eGovernmen~ Strategies (NeGSt), Olu Agunloye has said that acute shortage of reliable database within federal ministries and agencies was affecting the government project.

    Agunloye said at the inauguration of the strategy’s national office complex in Abuja Wednesday that without a reliable data base, the project would not achieve the desired result.

    He said that the proliferation of stand-alone dedicated electronic payment systems and significant cases of cyber insecurity and crimes were other major challenges confronting the project.

  • Nigeria: ‘Telemedicine will improve healthcare’

    Medical and technological experts are hopeful that telemedicine will have more prospects for the future of the nation’s health sector.

    The experts, who gathered at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan for a workshop titled ‘Telemedicine: Future and Challenges in Nigeria’, said telemedicine seeks to bridge the gap of access to good health between the rural and urban dwellers, describing it as ‘a confluence of communication technology, information technology, bio-medical engineering and medical science.

  • Nigeria: ‘Use ICTs to bridge poverty gap’

    The Managing Director, Galaxy Backbone Plc, Mr. Gerald Ilukwe, has stressed the need for Commonwealth member states to embrace information communications technologies to bridge the poverty gap.

    He disclosed this in a statement on Friday, while commenting on the benefits of upcoming CTO ICT summit taking place ion Abuja next month.

  • Nigeria: 2007: e-Voting or e-Rigging?

    Against the backdrop that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) could not even keep an up-to-date website, its insitence on going ahead with the e-voting system in 2007 general elections has increased the peoples apprehension on the motive.

    The Federal Government last week approved the sum of N136 million for the procurement of optical magnetic forms for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) which is the firts official step in the bid to introduce electronic voting in the country. THISDAY gathered that non-availability of the forms had hindered INEC from electronically revalidating the voters registers. Against this backdrop, it is curious to understand how an Electoral Commission that has a general election to conduct in less than 12 months from now and is yet to revalidate voters register still toys with the idea of electronic voting system.

  • Nigeria: 2011 polls: Police train forensic, DNA scientists

    Determind to ensure hitch free elections next year and provide a platform for the successful prosecution of electoral offenders, the police hierarchy has embarked on the training of scientists in forensics and DNA Technology.

    The training, when put to use for the 2011 elections, according to knowledgeable police sources, will guide against multiple voting and other fraudulent practices.

    The police will also establish Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) in every state for use in large scale civil identification projects to prevent multiple enrollments for the electoral system, for drivers licensing and background checks for job applicants for highly sensitive posts.

  • Nigeria: A new satellite in Africa

    In line with the Federal Government of Nigeria reform agenda anchored on the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategies (NEEDS) programs, Nigeria will be launching it’s very own satellite in December 2006.

    The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology in Nigeria desires to develop an effective and efficient communication infrastructure. This is in line with resolutions and conclusions on the development of information and communication technologies, infrastructure particularly in developing countries and having fully realized the potentials of ICT as a global tool for a knowledge-based economy.

  • Nigeria: Accessing Healthcare Through The Internet

    When stakeholders in the healthcare sector came together at the Sheraton Hotels and Towers recently to rub minds together, it was on how to set the ball rolling to make it possible for all Nigerians to access healthcare through the Internet.

    The gathering, drawn from medical practitioners and Information Technology (IT) experts pointed out that much as electronic healthcare was a laudable venture, certain wishes which include the standard of practice, electricity supply and cost would need to be addressed before Nigeria can think of connecting.

  • Nigeria: Agunloye takes e-Government abroad

    A former minister and Chief Executive Officer of Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Dr. Olu Agunloye, has taken the campaign for e-Government in Nigeria abroad.

    Speaking at a conference on “e-Government for development: The promise and the practice,” which was held in Berlin, Germany, Agunloye analysed the challenges and opportunities of e-Government in Nigeria.

  • Nigeria: Agunloye: E-Government Not Anti-Labour

    Vice-Chairman of the National eGoverment Strategies, Dr Olu Agunloye has allayed fears that the electronic government strategies initiated by the Federal Government was designed to lay off workers thereby replacing them with electronic devices.

    Agunloye, in at an interractive session with journalists in Ibadan, dispelled such misgivings, and said such a strategy rather than create unemployment will be a veritable source of wealth creation and also generate employment.

    He explained that the idea behind the programme was to bring up people empowerment programme.

  • Nigeria: All Set for eGovt Deployment

    National eGovernment Strategies Ltd (NeGSt), has said all is set for the deployment of eGovernment initiatives in the country.

    NeGSt was established as a public/private partnership, to facilitate implementation of the Nigerian eGovernment project.

    It was officially launched by President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2004.

  • Nigeria: Application software advocated for E-govt

    The need for government to concentrate on the overall value of application programs and platforms over and above other areas of information technology in its bid to achieve the much touted e-government strategy, has been described as ‘‘necessary’’.

  • Nigeria: Appreciable Attempts to Tackle Kaduna's Civil Service Dinosaur

    When he took the mantle of office in May 2007, Kaduna State's Governor Mohammed Namadi Sambo hit the ground running, so to say. He had not hanged around for long in the corridors of politics but he had a clear picture of the problems bedeviling Kaduna's bureaucracy; and he attacked the jugular.

    For one, the State Civil Service lay prostrate like a dinosaur, having predated even the first Premier of the Northern Region, Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Late Sardauna of Sokoto. In his time, Kaduna served as regional capital. Subsequent regimes attempted some innovations and reformations but the mill of bureaucracy kept operating the hard way, the manual way. Files passed from hand to hand, slowed down by bottlenecks; red-tapes generally bogged down the process. Something had to be done fast to push the state further on the path of Millennium Compliance.

  • Nigeria: As E-Government Wind Blows

    With the coming launch of e-government in a few weeks by President Olusegun Obasanjo, Tayo Ajakaye previews its functioning

    E-government is all about getting government services online. It is about government agencies working together to use technology so that they could deliver services more efficiently, transparently, and effectively .

    Ina situation where it works, e-government will deliver enhanced services to citizens and provide a better environment to build a knowledge-based economy. E-government makes it easier to do business with government. It also makes it cheaper.

  • Nigeria: Bayelsa - Charting a New Course in Transparency

    To promote transparency in governance in its expenditure and income, the Bayelsa State Government has inaugurated a Multi-Stakeholders Working Group (BSWG). It also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Revenue Watch Institute (RWI), to ensure a smooth process. Abimbola Akosile and Yemi Babalola analyse a vital initiative, which is capable of curbing restiveness in a resource-rich but volatile region.

  • Nigeria: Bayelsa govt begins computer training for civil servants

    The initiatives of Bayelsa State Government to deploy e-government resolution to promote good governance as informed by the vision to work proactively with other sector is not only to accelerate the benefits but also to deepen citizen’s participation in governance.

    The Director-General in charge of Due Process and e-governance Bureau, Mr. Dimieari Von Kemedi stated this during the commencement of a seven-day computer training programme for civil servants in the state.

  • Nigeria: Bayelsa Govt to punish patrons of ghost workers

    The Bayelsa State Government has concluded plans to punish the patrons of ghost workers in the state civil service. The Bayelsa Head of Service, Rev. Julius Oworibo who stated this in Yenagoa during an interactive forum with members of the Federated Correspondents Chapel, said the civil service, which is undergoing reforms would not compromise on erring officers as the rules of the service were sacrosanct.

    According to him, based on the biometrics report submitted by the Bureau of Due- Process and E-Governance, which exposed the illegal employment syndrome, appropriate steps had been taken to identify those who were responsible for the action in all the ministries and government agencies where ghost workers were discovered.

  • Nigeria: Bayelsa Launches Website

    BAYELSA State government have taken steps to enthrone electronic government (e-government), among other activities in the state by launching its official world-wide-web (www), otherwise known as website - www.bayelsagov.com, at the weekend.

    Speaking at the launch, the executive governor of the state, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, said that the importance of science and technology would not be over-emphasised, stressing that availability of data had shown that in the course of the last decade, both governments and business ventures have changed dramatically in response to shifts in technological paradigms, hence bringing increased competition and advancement in economic, political and social life.

  • Nigeria: Bayelsa to prosecute ghost workers’ syndicates

    The Bayelsa State Government has vowed to prosecute civil servants indicted in the ghost workers’ scam.

    Governor Timipre Sylva said this on Monday at the Government House, Yenagoa, while receiving the report of a government staff audit, which will reportedly save his administration about N3.5bn.

    The audit showed that the state government had 3,867 ghost workers on its payroll.

  • Nigeria: Bayelsa unmasks ghost workers cartel

    What appears a Herculean task in knowing the actual number of workers in the employ of Bayelsa State Government is gradually yielding good result with a biometric capture exercise initiated by the Due Process and E-governance Bureau in the State.

    It was gathered that the syndicate behind the ghost workers syndrome has been smashed.

  • Nigeria: Bayelsa upgrades begins biometric capturing exercise

    Hard time awaits fraudulent civil servants in Bayelsa State who are in the habit of falsifying staff record with a view to enriching themselves, as the state government yesterday kicked off its staff biometric capture exercise.

    Performing the ceremony yesterday at the Due Process and e-Governance Bureau office in Yenagoa, Governor Timipre Sylva, urged all those involved in the act to have a rethink or face the wrath of the law.

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