A statement by the ministry in Abuja, quoted the minister as saying that Nigeria's achievements had been acknowledged globally.
According to the statement, the minister spoke at a radio communication conference in Geneva.
Confirming the Public and Private partnership between NITDA and Chams Consortium, Prof. Cleopas Angaye , the NITDA Director General told Vanguard Computers &e-Business in a telephone interview on Monday said that the Memorandum of Understanding, (MoU) has already been signed last week between NITDA and Chams Consortium for the implementation of the capacity building initiative which is under the Millennium Development Goals framework for more internet access and computer awareness among Nigerians.
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It is scheduled to take off in eight pilot states, Lagos, FCT, Nassarawa, Kaduna, Plateau, Benue, Kogi and Niger with the forthcoming orientation in Federal Capital Teritorry and Nassarawa State in preparation for its full implementation for the 2008 batch nationwide.
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This effort, according to Cleopas Angaye, director general, NITDA, is geared at refocusing the sector to drive the nation’s economy through implementation of the IT policy passed in April 2007.
The approach which is currently under implementation is geared towards human capacity development, infrastructure capacity building and institutional capacity building.
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The e-NYSC programme, is aimed at computerising NYSC operations and bringing it into the information super-highway to ease registration and inspection processes of the scheme.