Exposed! 12 fictitious ‘stakeholders organisation’ supporting NITDA controversial bill - ITREALMS

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Some 12 fictitious stakeholders’ organisations out of the 17 purportedly supporting the controversial Senate Bill for the repeal and enacting of 2023 National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA Act) also known as Senate Bill (SB-1082), are non-existence and not registered even with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), ITREALMS can authoritatively reveal.

ITREALMS also exclusively gathered that these 12 supporting organisations were mischievously conscripted and used to mislead Nigerians and particularly the National Assembly with the notion that the bill has sufficient stakeholders’ endorsement.

Trust for organisation holds key for success – Edelman Barometer

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Trust and credibility survey among Nigerians in institutions, government, business, media and non-governmental organisations has revealed that 72 per cent of the populace ranked trust in an organisation as number one consideration above other factors when buying a product or relating with them, reports ITRealms. 

In the first-ever 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer Report unveiled in Lagos, Nigeria, weekend at Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigerians sampled in the survey said although a good reputation may get them to try a product, but unless they trust the company behind the product, they will soon stop buying it regardless of its reputation.

“Eighty-seven per cent of the respondents say companies that only think about themselves and their profits are bound to fail,” the report indicated, noting that respondents’ expectation is that businesses should be the driver of economic prosperity rather than mining profits to themselves only.

“Fifty-seven per cent agree that driving the economic prosperity of our country is one of the most important things businesses should do,” it affirmed.

The presentation of the 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer in Nigeria by Edelman was organised by Chain Reactions Nigeria, Edelman’s Exclusive Nigerian Affiliate and the Preferred West African Partner, with the theme: “The Battle for Truth.”

Speaking at the presentation of the global data from the report, Managing Director, Edelman South Africa, Jordan Rittenberry, expressed concern that the overall global assessment of the four mainstream institutions showed declines in trust about business and non-governmental organisations in 14 of the 28 countries sampled, and therefore called on key decision makers in the respective organisations to be deliberate in building their trust asset through increased investment.

Rittenberry said: “Over time trends have shown there is low trust in business and non-governmental organisations, so it is important that people in these institutions pay more attention to how the citizens trust them.”

Rittenberry added that “media is now least trusted institution” as a result of the menace of fake news which he noted has moved from being just a phenomenon to a key factor in shaping perception.

“People define media as both content and platforms, so nearly seven in 10 worry about false information or fake news being used as a weapon,” he declared.

The Managing Director/Chief Strategist, Chain Reactions Nigeria, Israel Jaiye Opayemi, in a welcome speech enthused that the inclusion of Nigeria in the annual survey for the first in the 18-year-old history of Edelman Trust Barometer was in fulfillment of the company’s promise last year to ensure Nigeria was in focus among the comity of nations of reckon annually sampled by Edelman. 

 

“Trust sits at the heart of social capital. For those who were here last year, we made a promise that Nigeria would be included in the 2018 deck of the Edelman Trust Barometer. I am happy to announce that we are here today to fulfill that promise,” he said.

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OECD digital economy outlook: Internet governance, a policy priority

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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has predicted that Internet governance will become a policy priority in the coming years, reports ITRealms.

OECD in the 2015 digital economy outlook made available to ITRealms, the organization said Internet governance now permeates countless aspects of the world economy, impacting sectors as varied as banking, retail, energy, transportation, education, publishing, media or health.

According OECD, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are transforming the ways social interactions and personal relationships are conducted, with fixed, mobile and broadcast networks converging, and devices and objects increasingly connected to form the Internet of Things.

The  Internet  community, the outlook showed, is  developing  a  proposal  to  transition  oversight  of  the  Internet’s  technical resources from the United States government to the global multi stakeholder community.

ITRealms gathered that in September 2015, the United Nations plans to launch the post-2015 development agenda, setting sustainable development goals, which are likely to include increased access to ICTs and the Internet to create an inclusive and global digital economy.

Equally in December 2015, ITRealms gathered, the mandate of the multi Stakeholder-led Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will come up for renewal.

Underlying these initiatives, OECD noted, is the fundamental need to preserve the openness of the Internet.

“The conception  of  the  Internet  as  an  open  platform,  where  businesses,  citizens  and  governments  can serendipitously innovate and develop applications and services, has enabled numerous innovations in the digital economy,” OECD said.

In recent years, OECD pointed out that concerns have emerged that the economic and social benefits brought by the open and decentralised architecture of the Internet and by the free flow of trans-border data may be affected, directly or indirectly, by issues such as territorial routing, local content or data storage requirements, network neutrality, universal acceptance of multilingual domain names and the creation of alternative networks.

The benefits of, and risks to an open Internet, the OECD stated in the Executive Summary, would be discussed by ministers and other high level stakeholders at the forthcoming OECD Ministerial Meeting in 2016, along with other key issues pertaining to global connectivity, the Internet of Things, demand side initiatives to foster innovation and trust in the digital economy, and ways to foster job creation and develop the skills needed to maximise the benefits of the digital economy.

 

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