Minister encourages MDAs to deepen digital infrastructure
The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, has urged ministries, departments and agencies to deepen the concept of Digital Public Infrastructure as a catalyst for transforming the Nigerian Civil Service.
According to a statement, the minister stated this during the inaugural event of DevsInGovernment in Abuja recently.
The ‘DevsinGovernment’ is a digital public infrastructure by the Federal government to drive and accelerate technology and digital transformation within the public service sector of the country.
Tijani charged technology enthusiasts and MDAs to strengthen digitalisation for improved service delivery to the populace.
“The Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy acknowledges the significant role that technology plays in transforming the civil service into a high-performing, efficient and citizen-centered institution.
“The need to transform government services is the foundation to prosperity and the enabler to Nigeria’s progression towards the building of other digital capabilities in government,” he noted.
According to Tijani, the mandate of this government is to popularise the concept of digital public infrastructure in the system by promoting the use of technology to effectively deliver government services.
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He itemised the limitless opportunities inherent in the application of DPI as it will empower civil servants to carry out tasks more robustly.
The minister clarified, “DPI is not about centralising all our solutions, but it is how to promote the use of technology in government services through an effective system and infrastructure for optimal delivery.”
According to the minister, digitalisation is not just about e-Government, nor is it just automating the system, but it is the ability to use technology to transform services with good deliverables.
He told the over 400 participants at the inaugural event that the essence of setting up the DevsInGovernment platform was to share ideas that would change Nigeria and make it a better country.
He also said Nigerians were fortunate to be led by a President who had deep power of technology to transform the nation.
In his opening address of welcome, the acting Managing Director of Galaxy Backbone, Abdul-Malik Suleiman, noted that digital transformation was at the heart of the current government.
He added that this explained why the President appointed a young and dynamic minister to steer the affairs of the digital sector.
He said the purpose of bringing technologists together was to deepen their intellectual capability as drivers of the system.
According to Suleiman, DevsInGovernment provides a platform for professionals in the civil service to be drivers of the technology in the 21st century, and to go through different stages of learning in order to create a transformative public service that will in the long run give birth to a prosperous Nigeria.
