Most importantly the growing foreign influence on internal security in Nigeria cannot be overlooked especially with the ongoing reports that several mercenaries from the Chad basin are part of the growing network carrying out attacks in Nigeria's north eastern corner.
It is against this background that the Minister of Interior Comrade Abba Moro initiated the implementation of e-business for government as he reinvents the ministry as a responsive entity. The ministry has entered into a 'Public Private Partnership' (PPP) with Anchor Dataware Solutions (ADS), an IT outfit that has provided a wide range of Information Technology solutions to governments and the private sectors with reliability and flexibility since 2002.
More than ever before, the Federal Government needs to curtail the abuse of expatriate quota. However, it is in the managing and monitoring of expat activities that more work needs to be done. With the increasing activities of insurgents in Nigeria and the proliferation of small arms along the West African sub-region, it has become pertinent for the government to ensure that all foreigners who arrive in Nigeria behave and act within the ambit of the country's laws.
ADS, as a strategic partner, will use its expertise to provide for the integration and automation of the operations of the department of Citizenship and Business, as it streamlines its Naturalization/Expatriate Quota Management System. The system allows data to flow between the public, service professionals and public service agencies; data from multiple regions can be quickly centralized and converted into useful information.
Amongst the numerous benefits of this scheme is the effective workflow and streamlined efficient document management system that will enable companies to apply on-line as well as access non-security information of naturalization and expatriate quota administration guidelines which is cumbersome to come by. This is a unique opportunity to cut the red tape that comes with such processes. When the tapes disappear this will no doubt institute a legacy of effective and functional business process and thereby boosts the Nigerian global image with minimum realization time of companies' applications and other sundry requests.
Through active and effective 'on-line' monitoring by the immigration department, this will no doubt lead to a drastic cut in the reduction of unemployment, one of the many ills bedevilling the country. If the latter is adequately taken care of, it will pave the way for the responsible enforcement of Nigerianisation of expatriate positions over a defined period by their Nigerian understudies and by this, transfer of knowledge for sustained self development will be guaranteed.
Government policies need to be very dynamic; they should be structured in such a way that they will enable government to accurately manage, track, and forecast future expenditures and funding. Not only to ensure that current are projects carried out, but also to maximize the performances and be able to monitor and evaluate their trajectories.
The vision that drives Naturalization/Expatriate Quota Management System has benefited from strategic thinking and a vibrant infusion of ideas. The individual behind it, Joel Adi, is bringing over 18 years experience in Project Management, in some Fortune 500 companies in the United States. It is this vast experience that he is bringing on board.
More than ever before it is imperative for the scheme to come on stream as the Tribune newspaper noted in its editorial of January 16th "it is not unknown to the government that millions of idle hands have been providing the pool from which anarchists have been drawing to cause social upheavals. This is why the government should view the present situation with all seriousness, because it has been having a very harmful effect on the creation of job opportunities. The argument that foreign-owned enterprises are paying the piper and, therefore, have the right to bring in whoever they choose to serve in whatever capacity is uninformed and disgusting. It clearly shows that the immigration service is an integral part of the problem it exists to solve. Foreign nationals whose modes of entry and sojourn in this country constitute a violation of Nigeria's Immigration Act should be made to face the rigours of the law and, thereafter, sent packing".
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Yakubu Dati
Quelle/Source: AllAfrica, 25.07.2012
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