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The Federal Government said it has adopted the National ICT Strategic Roadmap 2017-2020 with a view to optimising ICT local content and empowering local business in the industry.

Speaking at a forum in Lagos, Minister of Communications, Mr. Adebayo Shittu, said the strategy falls in line with government aspirations of transforming the nation into a high-value economy while always ensuring inclusiveness in its approach.

“The plan, which is built on previous ones, seeks to ensure that the ICT sector becomes a main pillar of the national economy and that Nigeria rightly positions itself as a regional ICT hub,” he said.

The minister explained that the plan contains strategic areas of intervention that range from the development of a comprehensive broadband strategy for Nigeria and a review of the legal and regulatory ICT environment to an institutional overhaul.

According to him, it also includes the establishment of a human resources strategy intended to meet the needs of the industry, the international promotion of Nigeria as a credible ICT destination, the creation of an ICT-illiterate nation, the encouragement of the adoption of ICT services everywhere, implementation of the e-government strategy and the strengthening of the cyber security framework.

“Considering that Nigeria is blessed with the human capacity to accommodate a robust ICT-based economy. As such, stemming potential capital flight by empowering local businesses is of utmost importance,” he said.

“We are tackling the issue of local content with the desired attention to save our economy. What more can be economic sabotage, if actions that cause massive loss of jobs and massive loss of foreign exchange are not addressed?

“The ministry is collaborating with National Assembly to enact a holistic law on local content that will among other things, criminalise breaches of the nation’s local content policy.

“The ministry through NITDA is ready to provide guaranteed order for local products but private sector must ensure high quality of their service and products. “We are totally committed to the implementation of the local content programme and the Executive Order on Local Content.”

Shittu reiterated that his ministry as developing an all-inclusive framework for harnessing ICTs in format education in the country in collaboration with the Ministry of Education. This, he said, will, in turn, help grow the supply chain of digital experts to create a thriving digital economy.

“It is hoped that the focus, going forward, will be on growing a digital economy and local content. But beyond, talking, we intend to ensure that all the various recommendations and suggestions preferred at the National Council on Communication Technology held last November in Katsina are implemented, because that alone acts as a key performance indicators (KPIs) for the ministry.

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Autor(en)/Author(s): Kunle Azeez

Quelle/Source: New Telegraph Newspaper, 18.01.2018

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