Works will begin on the 18,000-hectare Ilorin Smart City Satellite Town next year, Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has said.
Ilorin Smart City Satellite Town is an offshoot of the Ilorin City Master Plan, designed for the expansion of the capital city.
The governor said the capital city deserves constant infrastructural upgrade, maintenance, and expansion, following its position in the state and central Nigeria.
Weiterlesen: NG: Work To Begin On Ilorin Smart City Next Year, Says Kwara Gov
The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, has predicted that the Nigeria’s digital transformation future would be “brighter and also offers hope of being prosperous.”
The NITDA’s boss expressed this optimism in Lagos while delivering his keynote address titled “Implementing a National Digital Transformation Agenda” at the ongoing Global Tech Africa 2023 with the theme “Facilitating Investments in Africa’s Digital Economy.
Weiterlesen: ‘Nigeria’s Digital Transformation Future Now Brighter’
In Nigeria’s heart lies Anambra, a state with potential in agriculture, tourism, trade, and commerce. Anambra is like a vibrant individual stuck in the constraints of uncertainty, yearning to unleash its full brilliance upon the world. Thankfully, the governor dreams of transforming the city into a smart city, and the possibilities are boundless. But can this dream become a reality? It has been two years since Governor Chukwuma Soludo embarked on a journey fuelled by grand campaign promises, envisioning Anambra as the Southeast’s digital excellence hub and a shining ‘African Dubai-Taiwan.’
The road to transforming Anambra into a smart city is no small feat, it demands both visionary foresight and practicality. As we ponder on whether the governor’s remaining two—term tenure is enough to realise the dream of an ‘African Dubai-Taiwan’, we must understand that monumental achievements around the world often started as audacious dreams. Consider Singapore, a nation that once existed as a dream of Lee Kuan Yew. Like Singapore’s transformation, turning Anambra into a smart city is achievable but can take time.
Weiterlesen: NG: How Can Anambra Be Transformed into a Smart City?
The Ogun State Government says it will soon commence demolition of structures inside the Government Residential Area (GRA) Ibara occupied by civil servants in the state to give way to a smart city.
The State Commissioner for Housing, Jamiu Akande Omoniyi, who stated this while speaking with newsmen shortly after on-the-spot inspection of some houses marked for demolition within the GRA Ibara, said the demolition will signal the beginning of the GRA Regeneration Programme initiated by Governor Dapo Abiodun-led administration.
A former Registrar of the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN), Mr. Sikiru Shehu, has said that the Lagos State Government would need to establish an ICT development agency fashioned after the federal government’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA).
Sikiru, who stated this during a symposium organized by the Body of Computer Cadres in the Unified Local Government of Lagos State (BCLG), said the establishment of such an agency has become expedient to create an enabling environment that would ensure that the grassroots governments are flowing in line with the Lagos State Smart City agenda.
Weiterlesen: NG: Why Lagos needs an ICT development agency – Sikiru Shehu