President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday has appointed the Imo State governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma and other 26 Nigerian into the Presidential Council on E-Government and Digital Economy which will be employed to transform every sector of the country’s economy
At the inauguration of the Council, Buhari said the choice of Uzodinma and others was arrived at after “a painstaking and thorough process.”
He said the governor would be working alongside five other governors, ministers, and members of the private sector to realize the federal government’s goals in E-Government and Digital Economy.
While announcing that the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Ali Pantami will chair the Council on his behalf, President Buhari expressed satisfaction with the progress Nigeria has made in digital technologies.
Furthermore, President Buhari expressed delight that the approval of the National Policy on Virtual Engagements for Federal Public Institutions has helped to formalise government online meetings.
He noted that statutory meetings like the Federal Executive Council (FEC), Council of State, and other meetings can now effectively and legally take place online.
While congratulating the Minister, the President acknowledged that the Ministry has partnered with the Korea International Cooperation Agency to develop a National e-Government Master Plan, approved by FEC in August 2019.
The President listed benefits from the partnership including; “the training of over 1,400 Nigerian public servants in both Nigeria and South Korea on e-governance; the launching of an e-Government Training Centre handed over to the Federal Government in November 2019 and the signing off of Phase II of the e-Government Project – “Project for Building Foundations Towards Digital Governance in Nigeria (2020-2026).”
