Speaking in Abuja at the start of a two-day conference on National e-Government Strategies and Implementation for Nigeria, President Olusegun Obasanjo said, "the overall thrust of our mission is to generate internal effectiveness and efficiency to provide better services for the governed while remaining transparent, accountable and compact."
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The project is a joint initiative between private sector operators which operate under the nomenclature of National e-government Strategies Ltd (NeGSt) and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), an agency of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology.
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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.