The push by the Nigerian government to automate governance (eGovernment) is leading to a coalition of public agencies and private sector to make it a reality.
The agencies include Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Galaxy Backbone, among others.
eGovernment, which refers to the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to improve the activities of public sector organisations, has been a long objective of the Nigerian government.
The coalition is the goal of the 2021 Nigeria e-Government Summit, scheduled to hold September 29, 2021 at the Sheraton Hotel in Lagos.
The event themed eGovernment Adoption in Nigeria: Opportunities and Challenges, is organised by DigiServe Network Services Limited, in partnership with NCC, FIRS, Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) and Association of Licensed Telephone Operators of Nigeria (ALTON).
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The event would discuss the need to reposition government agencies and parastatals to enable them take advantage of advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to improve service delivery to Nigerians.
“With the advent of democracy, expectations of citizens from governments are higher. Citizens rate their governments largely on how efficient and effective government services are delivered to them,” said Lanre Ajayi, Executive Chairman, DigiServe Network Services.
eGovernment provides immense opportunities for governments to deliver services to citizens in a most effective and efficient manner.”
The eGovernment Summit 2021, which is the third edition, will propose policies, strategies and solutions required by governments to deepen technologies into their service delivery processes. Invited agencies of government at federal and state levels will showcase use cases of eGovernment in their domains, while international experts will share international best practices and use cases of eGovernment in selected countries.
“We are confident that the Nigeria eGovernment Summit 2021, like the earlier editions, will add huge value to participants, sponsors, speaker and exhibitors,” Ajayi said.
For this year edition, experts and top government officials from various agencies of government, have been invited to share their experiences
