All is now set at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja,
for the fifth e-Government Summit by the Electronic Payment Association of
Nigeria (E-PPAN), with the top on agenda being the nation’s dwindling
Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), reports ITRealms.
This is coming as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Ministries,
Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of government officials alongside thoughts
leaders, executives and players in the electronic payment industry are gearing
up for the summit next Tuesday, reports ITRealms.
A press statement made available to ITRealms, the organisers
said the summit is ready to play host to over 150 delegates made up of
strategist, policy-makers and leaders’ at the two-day event.
The E-Government Summit is an annual event that provides a
pedestal for the public and private sector to dialogue with each other on a
topical issues revolving around developments in electronic payment space with
bias for public sector.
The 2016 Summit with the theme: ‘Attaining Increased
Internally-Generated Revenue (IGR), Efficiency and Accountability through Smart
Innovations,’ provides yet unique opportunity for stakeholders to dialogue and
share ideas on how to leverage and harness smart technologies with positive
strides to increasing the nations’ IGR.
According to the statement signed by, the forum will focus
on areas that can foster innovative ideas on how the government can use revenue
generation, data management, opportunities on shared infrastructure, reduce
capital costs and operating overheads to build a nation that is self-reliance.
“This years’ summit will cover topics such as Increasing
IGR, for Government MDA’s through Implementation of Smart Solution; Delivering
Innovative Citizen-centric Services using ICT; Adopting the Financial Inclusion
Roadmap for Improved Economy and Good Governance; Smart Government through
Shared Services Model; Data Integration and Analysis, for Strategic Economic
Development amongst others,” the organisers said.
Already, E-PPAN has unveiled a database of confirmed
speakers at the event, including the Acting Director, National Information
Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Dr. Vincent Olatunji; Corps Marshal,
Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC); Boboye Oyeyemi; MD, Galaxy BackBone, Mr.
Yusuf Kazaure, among others.
They also include MD, Nextzon Business Services, Mr.
Macauley Atasie; Former CBN Deputy Governor, Mr. Tunde Lemo; MD, Knowledge
Resources, Geradine Llukwe; MD, Visual Earth Ltd., Dr. Nicholas Allo; Senator
Ayo Arise; CEO, Interswitch, Mr. Mitchell Elegbe; Head, E-Government, NITDA,
Ben Ewah; Co-founder/Lead Partner, Budg IT, Mr. Olusegum Onigbinde; Head,
Financial Inclusion Secretariat, CBN, Temitope Akin-Fadeyi and the Division
CEO, Interswitch Financial Inclusion, Mike Ogbalu III.
Speaking in the statement, Chief Executive Officer and
Executive Secretary, E-PPAN, Mrs.
Onajite Regha, said the summit will host a special Smart City Forum anchored by
NITDA.
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