Govt Reconstitute National ICT Strategic Plan Committee

The National ICT Strategic Action Plan Committee has been reconstituted and restructured under a new chairman. He is Dr Armstrong Takang, Chief Executive Officer of Alteq (ICT) limited. Takang takes over from Prof
A. Adekunle of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), who has been given another national assignment.

The new changes by government are to help the Committee meet its original objective of drawing up a blueprint to guide the practical execution of the National IT Policy. While thanking the government for affording
him the opportunity to serve, Takang assured that the Committee would not fail to meet the timeframe set for submission of the final report.

The Committee was first constituted last year by the Minister of Science and Technology, Prof Isoun Turner with members drawn from cross sections of the society. They include the academia, the private sector, federal ministries and agencies, civil societies and the media, the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) and the Computer Professional Registrations Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN).

Work had commenced last year under the former chairman but slowed down owing to inadequate funding to finance the various programmes designed by the different sub-committees that make up the Committee. Now, work
has commenced in earnest and a new 11-week time frame given for all sub-committees to submit their reports. The first phase of the presentation is September and all groups or sub-committees are to have their documents ready.

The sub-committees include Human Resource Development, IT Popularisation & Awareness, Infrastructure, National Security & Law Enforcement,
Health and Commerce among others. Members include Dalhatu Hamza of the US Embassy, Prof. Gabriel Ajayi DG of NITDA, Sam Juwe of the NCS, Dr M. Lecky of the Federal Ministry of Health, Imo Ukpong of SITA, Vincent
Olatunji of NITDA, Segun Oruame of IT Edge, and Mr. O. Popoola of NITDA.

Others are Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem of the Nigerian Internet Group (NIG), Mr. Vesper Owei of NITPA, Florence Iroanya of Alteq, Kem Bonta of NITDA, Dr Moses Ubaru of NITDA, among others.

The sub-committees are to begin public sittings soon to involve a wider segment of stakeholders.

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