Governors, NITDA Review Digital Infrastructure To Enhance Governance

The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and different stakeholders person convened to reappraisal the Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) beingness events and draught method standards for Nigerian Data Exchange.

This was the highpoint of a two-day nationalist reappraisal with the theme; “Advancing Nigeria’s Digital Public Infrastructure done Standards, Data Exchange, and e-Government Transformation” which ended successful Abuja connected Thursday.

Stakeholders who brainstormed connected the assemblage said the reappraisal of some drafts was aimed astatine harmonising divers inputs towards gathering secure, interoperable, inclusive systems for governance and work delivery.

Director-General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa, successful his remarks, called connected NGF to instrumentality proactive measures to guarantee an inclusive and co-created DPI.

Kashifu, who was represented by Dr Wariowei Dimie, director, firm readying and strategy, noted that co-creating the DPI would alteration for creaseless implementation.

He said, “The 2 drafts enactment unneurotic to guarantee that our tendency to marque Nigeria a digitally empowered state is achieved. The national authorities cannot bash it alone, the sub nationals are going to beryllium a captious portion of this truthful that it volition beryllium a whole-of-government attack to solving our captious problems.

“I impulse each of america to enactment afloat truthful that we tin co-create and co-own this model for amended articulation,” Inuwa said.

Also speaking during the event, Dr Abdulateef Shittu, Director-General of NGF, highlighted the purpose which helium said is an “interoperable and inclusive governance strategy that cannot beryllium done successful isolation,” adjacent arsenic urged a much robust collaboration betwixt the national and authorities governments to marque this onerous task a reality.

Represented by Mr Shina Ayotola, Chief Programme Officer of NGF, Shittu said NGF had been deliberate successful its efforts astatine enhancing integer transformation, stressing their DPI Readiness Report, an appraisal of integer nationalist infrastructure, policies and capabilities crossed states of the federation.

“Already, the findings of the DPI Readiness Report are shaping conversations, informing argumentation plan and organization reforms.

“It has fixed states the tools to benchmark their progress, larn from each different and align with nationalist integer translation initiatives,” helium said.

Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy,   Mr Adeladan Olarinre, successful his remarks pointed retired that the DPI had go the mainstay of 21st period governance for amended work delivery.

Represented by Mr Johnson Bareyei, Director, e-Government, Olarinre stated that DPI referred to the foundational integer systems that enabled seamless identification, unafraid payments and trusted information exchange.

“For Nigeria, the deployment of DPI is not conscionable a technological aspiration; it is the instauration upon which we tin present inclusive economical growth.

“It tin trim transaction costs successful governance, amended nationalist work transportation and foster spot betwixt authorities and citizens.

“DPI volition assistance america execute the goals of the Renewed Hope Agenda by ensuring that nary Nigerian is near down successful the integer economy,” helium said.

Representatives of states specified arsenic Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara among others expressed their enthusiasm and enactment for the initiative.