With the launch of the telecommunication project, the state government is set to propel e-governance, a move that would greatly cut down cost as most of government business would now be done online either from the government house to the local governments or vice-versa, and even among the local governments themselves.
Leadership gathered that each local government in the state is provided with cybercafé such that those interested in distance learning would no longer need to go to the capital city of Jos, even as the government is targeting urban -rural migration through the project, apart from various business activities that would emerge from this initiative.
The project which was executed by a Nigerian-based telecommunication firm, Chapman Computers Nigeria Limited is the first of its kind in West Africa in collaboration with its partners, Gilat Satcom of Israel , a world renowned telecommunication giant. Chapman Computers Nigeria Limited is the representative of Gilat Satcom in Nigeria.
At a press conference in Abuja on the project commissioning, the chief executive officer of Chapman Computers Nigeria Limited, Mr. Monday Okpebholo, said his firm has proved a point that e-governance has come to stay in the country and enjoined all tiers of governments to embrace the initiative that would promote effective administration with less costs.
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Quelle/Source: LeadershipNigeria, 27.05.2008
