IfG.CC -
Institute for eGovernment

According to the Ministry of Science and Technology, in a statement, the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, who led some members of his cabinet to the U.S. based company at the Redmond Washington, headquarters of Microsoft in the U.S.A, signed the agreement.

The statement quoted the governor, saying that the agreement would focus on e-governance strategies to better serve the people of Lagos.

According to Semiu Okanlawon, director, bureau of communications and strategy, Office of the Governor, the platform will avail the general public with information relevant to the needs of citizens (local and Diaspora), investors and interested parties.

This trend, according to them, is further strengthened by recent proclamation by the Federal Government that it had saved about N119 billion through the deployment of e-government systems.

E-governance is a policy that aims to "make government administration more transparent, speedy and accountable, while addressing the society's needs and expectations through efficient public services" using the internet.

A meeting of officials of both the organisations was held on Sunday at Knowledge Oasis Muscat and was attended by NCSI chief executive officer HE Khalifa Bin Abdullah Al Barwani and ITA chief executive Salim Bin Sultan Al Ruzaiqi.

Already wobbling under low margins, currency fluctuations and an undermining economy, the IT Industry faces a trust deficit in the form of unlimited accountability, unfavorable payment terms, unreasonable legal frameworks, fall clause, obscure SLAs and lack of clarity in e-governance projects in India.

“Since we are now living in a digital world, we want to make information and services available to all our constituents online,” Mayor Edwin Santiago said.

Dexter Dancel, Management Information Technology Division (MITD) head, disclosed that the city’s online portal uses the latest liquid design technology, which allows the screen to adjust and allows visitors to access the website without distortion of texts or links.

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) launched Free Wi-Fi sites in the Province of Antique, as part of the DICT’s flagship program Broadband ng Masa.

The launching ceremony was held on Friday, March 3, 2023, at the University of Antique and included the ceremonial signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to launch E-governance in the province.

For one thing, e-governance does not only apply to government, but also to any entity or institution, even a family. It is the ability and the responsibility of leaders to "govern" their institutions.

Federal and State Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries, Secretaries, Additional Secretaries and focal persons of e-Office Suite are expected to attend the Forum. An official at the Ministry on Monday said the Forum aims at sharing experience of roll out of e-office at Ministry of IT, National Assembly Secretariat and Prime Minister Office and to discuss and facilitate future directions for public policy on e-Office and e Governance for people.

Chairperson Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Marvi Memon Saturday said that BISP is moving towards e-governance system to monitor the entire field activities at the level of higher management of the organization.

A proper monitoring mechanism has been developed to judge the performance of field staff against special indicators with specific deadlines and responsibilities in order to meet the operational and service delivery related challenges, she said talking to the BISP staff of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) region during a brainstorming session.

Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications has made all arrangements to organise the event where participants would share various measures and good practices on the topic.

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif directly received information about the steps taken with regard to possible floods in the province and issued on the spot directions through video conferencing with divisional commissioners, the irrigation minister and officials concerned.

His radical and innovative projects of e-governance and mobile governance were appreciated by World Bank and international media like CNN, BBC, New York Times, His contributions as the PITB chairman are indeed commendable, soon after joining his charge, he eradicated corruption from the board and the PITB is now playing an instrumental role in assisting the government to improve public sector performance.

Public administration is undergoing one of its most significant transformations in decades as digital technologies and sustainability agendas converge. What began as efforts to automate paperwork and speed up services has evolved into a broader rethinking of how governments create public value. Digital systems are now influencing policy design, accountability structures, and collaboration between public institutions, private actors, and citizens.

A new study Technological Innovation and Sustainability in Public Administration: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda, published in Administrative Sciences, documents this change. Based on a large-scale review of international research, the study shows that digital transformation is increasingly tied to sustainability outcomes. It highlights a move toward governance models where technology supports long-term environmental, social, and institutional goals rather than short-term administrative gains.

For artificial intelligence in government to have positive impact, it must be trusted by the employees using it and the citizens whose lives may be affected by it. As Jennifer Robinson, global strategic advisor for SAS’ public sector practice makes clear, AI governance is imperative to ensuring responsible use. So what exactly does AI governance comprise, and how should it be approached and implemented?

There is a disconnect between embracing and governing AI within governments.

A recent IDC Data and AI Impact Report found that while 78% of public sector organisations globally say they fully trust AI, only 40% have invested in the governance and safeguards needed to make that trust well‑founded.

The Work Group to introduce electronic document flow between the state executive services and banking institutions was created by Order № 57/2 dated 26.06.2013.

The main objective of the group is to develop referral procedures for arrest of debtor's funds and other property, as well as payment requests in form of electronic documents for banking institutions.

According to the report, Nigeria dropped from 0.2687 in 2010 to 0.2676 in 2012, which indicates a decrease in the level of the acceptance by both government and private individuals in the country.

The report, which centred on e-government development in the largest population countries of the world, also indicated that Nigeria with a population of 158 million people is the least developing country among the top 11 most populated countries of the world, in terms of usage and application of e-governance by both the government and the citizens.

This is the question posed by the World Economic Forum in a new paper on how technology will change politics.

The WEF extrapolates from trends in internet and tech adoption to produce three versions of the future in its “Smart Toolbox”, released in Dubai yesterday ahead of its meeting of the Global Agenda Council, to be held in the UAE this year.