The national ICT4D plan is targeted at using ICT to achieve the Nigerian government's Seven Point Agenda and "Vision 20: 2020," thereby deploying ICT to achieve Nigeria's Millennial Development Goals, NEPAD development initiatives and the World Summit on Information Society's plan of action. It contains actionable programs for short-, medium- and long-term implementation by identified stakeholders (in conjunction with local and/or international private organizations).
Specific sectors with ICT plan actions, strategies for implementation and timelines include education, agriculture, health, e-government, infrastructure, human resources, research and development, legal and regulatory framework, national security and law enforcement, legislature and governance, IT popularization and deployment in communities, and the private sector development cluster (which covers trade and commerce, banking, tourism, the service sector, industrial sector development, and local and foreign direct investment, amongst others).
According to NITDA literature, "NITDA's mandate is to: Operate and implement the National IT policy and to give effect to provisions of the national information Technology Development Agency Act of 2007; Ensure that the entire citizenry is empowered with information technologies through the development of a critical mass of IT proficient and globally competitive manpower; Enter into strategic alliance with the private sector as well as international organizations for the actualization of the IT vision; Develop and regulate the Information Technology Sector in Nigeria; To ensure that Information Technology resources are readily available to promote efficient national development".
Click here for NITDA and Nigeria´s ICT4D Policy Resources.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Jide Awe
Quelle/Source: American Chronicle, 06.08.2008
