I'll Make Nasarawa One of the Leading Economies Through Technology, Says Gov

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Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule, at the weekend vowed that he was going to make the state one of the leading economies in the country through information technology.



The governor explained that he planned to achieve that by using information technology as a backbone where the state would leverage on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for prosperity.


He stated this shortly after receiving the Africa Digital Heroes Award for most outstanding state government digital capacity initiative for economic transformation from DigiVation Forum 2019 in Lagos.
 

According to him, "Some of my administration efforts aimed at instituting ICT and ensuring digital penetration include creation of ICT hubs and the partnership with the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) which has led to the equipping of three Computer Based Test centres in the state with computers.



"Other efforts are the ongoing partnerships with the federal government agencies and private companies to enhance digital capacities of workers for e-strategy in public service through training.



"The deployment of ICT in all sectors of government, such as health management systems as well as the e-government platforms would make the government more efficient and accessible, as there’re plans to domesticate a state Information Technology Development Agency among other initiatives."



The award tagge: ‘Africa Digital Heroes Award’ was designed to celebrate and recognise individuals, organisations, institutions and initiatives that have advanced the Nigerian and African digital space in the past 20 years.

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