Petrol price: Dangote assures on stability despite rise in crude oil price - ITREALMS

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Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals reaffirms that, despite the fluctuations in global crude oil prices, it has consistently reduced the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol.

A press release, available to ITREALMS and signed by the Group Chief Branding and Communications Officer, Anthony Chiejina said the decision to maintain price stability reflects its unwavering commitment to supporting the Nigerian economy and alleviating the burden on consumers from the increase in fuel prices by maintaining price stability.

Oyo Govt assures of quality job on Iseyin-Saki road rehabilitation - ITREALMS

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The Oyo State Government has assured of quality delivery on the ongoing limited rehabilitation of 83.82 kilometres Iseyin-Okaka-Saki Road.

The government gave this indication on Thursday, noting that the project is being properly supervised by Resident Engineers from the Oyo State Ministry of Public Works and Transport.

NASCON grows turnover by 37%, assures shareholders of continuous growth, value creation - ITREALMS

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The NASCON Allied Industries Plc, has grown turnover by 37%, and assured shareholders of continuous growth as well as value creation in 2024. 

The company gave the assurance at its 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM) held Thursday in Lagos.

May Day: Akpabio assures Nigerian Workers of better welfare - ITREALMS

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The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, has assured Nigerian workers that the National Assembly and the Executive arm of government would work collaboratively to give them a living wage and better working conditions.

The Senate President gave the assurance in a statement through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh to congratulate the workers as they commemorate the 2024 May Day.

Data security: NIMC assures Nigerians, probes XpressVerify - ITREALMS

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The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) received with concern news from some sections of the media pertaining to an alleged breach of citizens' data by a private organization, XpressVerify, reports ITREALMS.

A press statement from NIMC by Head, corporate communications, Kayode Adegoke, made available to ITREALMS quoted the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of NIMC, Engr. Abisoye Coker-Odusote as saying that offers NIN verification and other services through licensed partners.

Halilu assures BPSR of mandate delivery - ITREALMS

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The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu has assured the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) that the agency would deliver on its mandate of transforming Nigeria’s technology and innovation landscape.

The EVC/CEO stated this at the opening ceremony of a two-day staff training of NASENI by the Bureau, led by its Director-General, Mr. Dasuki Ibrahim Arabi for the mandatory deployment of Self-Assessment Tools (SAT) for service delivery at the Agency’s Headquarters in Abuja, on Monday January 12, 2024.

Halilu reaffirmed the commitment of the Agency in fulfilling its mandate by maintaining a steadfast focus on NASENI 3Cs principles of Collaboration, Creation, and Commercialization through harnessing the power of technology, human skills and talents to deliver remarkable benefits to Nigeria on multiple fronts.

Maida to Tijani: Transparency, our bedrock in telecom regulation - ITREALMS

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The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida, has assured that transparency will form the bedrock of his leadership as Nigeria's chief telecom regulator, reports ITREALMS.

He also said that this will enable a solid foundation in building a resilient, accountable and efficient institution.

Parallex Bank MD assures customers of tech-driven, premium services - ITREALMS

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The Managing Director of Nigeria's foremost customer-centric financial institution, Parallex Bank, Mr. Femi Bakre, has assured customers of continued technology-driven, premium value-adding services that will exceed their expectations, reports ITREALMS.

The Managing Director made this known at the opening of the bank's Lekki, Lagos branch on Wednesday.

NCC boss receives APPON award, assures of broadband support for e-procurement - ITREALMS

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The Association of Public Procurement Practitioners of Nigeria (APPON) has conferred the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, with the “Excellent Service Delivery and Accountability Award,” reports ITREALMS.

The award, ITREALMS gathered, was in recognition of Danbatta’s outstanding performance and contribution to the canons of the public procurement profession in Nigeria by ensuring that the NCC complies strictly with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act (PPA) 2007.

As IoT beckons, Pantami assures of proactive regulation - ITREALMS

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The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ibrahim Pantami, has assured the nation that Nigeria’s telecom regulatory framework has been designed to address the challenges that may arrive with the advancement of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the country.

Pantami, who spoke at the twin event - Stakeholders Consultative Forum on Regulatory Roadmap for IoT Ecosystem in Nigeria, hosted by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC); and presentation of two books authored by the Minister, declared that Nigeria has already exhibited its preparedness to harness the potentials of this new service, as demonstrated in the reduction in incidences of cybercrimes in Nigeria over the past two years.

Danbatta assures new WATRA leadership of support - ITREALMS

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The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has promised the new leadership of the West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA) of the unflinching support of the Commission towards advancing the socio-economic agenda of the Assembly for the sub-region.

Director, Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde in a press statement available to ITREALMS quoted Danbatta as giving this assurance during a recent courtesy visit of the executives of WATRA, led by its new Chairman, Sekou Oumar Barry of the Republic of Guinea.

Soludo assures AASDU of partnership - ITREALMS

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The Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has assured that the Association of Anambra Sttw Development Unions (AASDU), being the official umbrella body for all Anambra town unions, trade and professional organisations in Lagos will be carried along in his governance of State, reports ITREALMS.

The Governor, accompanied by his Security Adviser, AVM Chiobi (rtd) made the assurance Wednesday, May 11 during his Security and Investment Fund Raising Dinner with Anambra Igbos in Lagos.

NACA donates 8 ambulances to Oyo Govt, assures of more support - ITREALMS

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The efforts by the Government of Oyo State Government in controlling the spread of HIV in the state were on Friday recognised when the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) donated eight ambulances to the state. Director-General of the Agency, Dr. Gambo Aliyu Gumel, who was represented by Mr. Alex Ogundipe, handed over the keys of the ambulances to Governor 'Seyi Makinde, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs. Olubamiwo Adeosun.

He noted that the donations were in recognition of the Makinde administration's efforts in the health sector.

WCRD 2022: NCC assures of robust digital infrastructure for improved financial services - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reaffirmed its commitment to accelerate deployment of robust broadband infrastructure accessible to all Nigerians. This is to enhance their access to the required resources to carry out seamless digital financial services, irrespective of their locations and circumstances.

The Commission gave the assurance at a programme organised to commemorate Year 2022 World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD). At the programme which took place at the Commission’s Head Office in Abuja on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, and implemented in the context of the global theme: ‘Fair Digital Finance’, the Management of NCC announced the establishment of a dedicate desk, tagged: “TELCARE” to be operated across the country to enhance telecoms consumer protection.

Sanwo-Olu assures workers of labour friendly govt - ITREALMS

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has assured labour in the state that they will be on priority list of his government if elected, reports ITREALMS.

Sanwo-Olu said no worker in the state would be denied his lawful benefits, promising that the proposed minimum wage of N30,000 would be fully implemented by his administration.

The APC candidate spoke at an interactive session held by the organised labour union, including Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and United Labour Congress (ULC), National Union of Teachers (NUT), and Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), among others.

Sanwo-Olu, who was accompanied to the meeting by his running mate, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, said his government would not be harsh on workers. He said his ambition to govern the state was anchored on the objective to deliver a Lagos that would be greater than the current level of development.

While answering questions posed to him by the workers, Sanwo-Olu spoke on how his government would solve the notorious Apapa gridlock, which the workers said had contributed to low productivity and ill-health. The APC candidate explained that work had been ongoing on the construction of a parking lot by the Federal Government for the heavy trucks that ply the route, pointing out that his government would re-visit the plan to create state-controlled parking lot for the trucks.

He said: “My running mate and I have met with the Minister for Power, Works and Housing, who assured that the ministry is meeting with Dangote Group that took up the construction of the Apapa Highway. As a way of proffering lasting solution to the gridlock; when we form the next government, by the grace of God , we will bring back the idea of industrial park for these trucks. Rather than obstructing the road while waiting for their turn, the truck drivers can go there and park their vehicles.”

Sanwo-Olu said his government would consider introducing a housing scheme in partnership with the organised labour, noting that the scheme would be beneficial to both the government and the workers. He stressed that all workers, irrespective of level, deserved better welfare and living condition.

Responding to the workers’ concern raised on the difficulty in getting Certificate of Occupancy from the government, Sanwo-Olu promised that his administration, if elected, would review the process of the issuance of the Certicate of Occupancy, with the aim to remove the red tape that is slowing down the process.

He assured the workers that his government would improve transportation in the state, noting that the capacity of ferry service plying the waterways would be strengthened to complement that road transportation and reduce travel time.

His government, Sanwo-Olu said, will not discontinue the quarterly meeting which the governor usually has with a joint workers’ congress, while also promising that he would sustain the Office of Special Adviser on Labour Matters.

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Sanction looms: NCC uncovers multiple illegal deductions by mobile operators - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has uncovered large volume of forceful and illegal deductions by Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in the country, insisting that consumers must be refunded, reports ITREALMS.

NCC, in a public statement sighted by ITREALMS, the Commission noted that as a consumer-centric regulator, its dismayed by this act by MNOs with great displeasure.

The Commission said this is unacceptably high level of consumer complaints in respect of forceful subscriptions to Value-Added Services (VAS), as well as airtime deductions for these subscriptions.

ITREALMS gathered that NCC mandated several initiatives to tackle the menace, stressing these included the institution of a comprehensive investigation and resolution process, the Do-not-Disturb (DND) facility, and the imposition of sanctions for breach.

Additionally, NCC said, disturbed by the persistent occurrence of the menace despite these measures, it had carried out a long and comprehensive investigative audit into VAS subscriptions across all MNO and VAS platforms.

The investigative audit was led by the Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Department of the Commission, with participation from its other Departments such as the Technical Standards and Network Integrity (TSNI), Consumer Affairs Bureau (CAB), Legal & Regulatory Services (LRS), and Licensing & Authorisation (L&A).

The Audit Team analyzed subscribers’ Call Detail Records from MNOs and subscription logs from VAS providers over a period of two years, leading to the conclusion that a huge percentage of VAS services were not voluntarily subscribed for. The audit team also found that some providers had implemented disingenuous mechanisms by which large numbers of innocent consumers were “forcefully” subscribed to VAS platforms, leading to regular deduction of their airtime without their consent.

As all Stakeholders are aware, the Commission has persistently insisted that actions of this sort are unacceptable as they are in direct breach of the Nigerian Communications Act and NCC’s many regulatory instruments on the matter. Such actions also undermine the very foundations of the customer/service provider relationship, that is, transparency and trust.

Based on the outcome of the investigative audit, the Commission will shortly be directing the indicted organisations to make refunds to affected consumers as appropriate. The Commission is also considering, and will impose appropriate sanctions as necessary. This outcome justifies the Commission’s commitment to evidence-based interventions.

We wish to use this opportunity to inform the general public that the Commission may suspend or outrightly decommission some VAS platforms and services in the overall interests of consumers. We assure consumers that these measures will be implemented with minimal inconvenience to them, and trust that we can count on the understanding of consumers who may be affected by these measures.

The Commission assures all Stakeholders that we will continue to use all available resources to protect the rights of consumers of telecoms services and to ensure that they get appropriate value for their interactions with service and platform providers.

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Sanwo-Olu assures of all-inclusive government if elected - ITREALMS

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The All Progressive Congress (APC) Governorship candidate for 2019 election in Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, has assured both indigenes and non-indigenes of his disposition to run an all-inclusive government when elected, reports ITREALMS.

Speaking to ITREALMS in Lagos, Wednesday, Sanwo-Olu said that he is putting every possible action in place to ensure that he emerges as Lagos State Governor come 2019 and carry everyone along in his administration.

Dressed in an Igbo attire, Sanwo-Olu said that beginning with his outfit, is an indication to accommodate all Lagosians both indigenes and non-indigenes.

While soliciting for the support of every, Sanwolu-Olu who was accompanied by his deputy in the gubernatorial race, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, said they intend to explore technology and data to make their administration an outstanding one.

Although he said there is no specific master plan for Lagos State, his leadership in the centre of excellence will leverage the need to interface with the people so as to know what is their most pressing needs, especially on the local feeder roads.

Born June 25, 1965, Sanwo-Olu is a Lagos politician who contested and emerged winner of the gubernatorial primaries under the All Progressives Congress against incumbent governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode in October 2018.

A graduate of the University of Lagos, Sanwo-Olu also an alumnus of the London Business School, Lagos Business School and the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Prior to his gubernatorial ambition, he was the Managing Director/CEO of Lagos State Property Development Commission (LSPDC).

He holds BSc in Surveying and an MBA from the University of Lagos; An associate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) and Fellow of the Nigeria Institute of Training and Development (NITAD).

Also, Sanwo-Olu was the treasurer at former Lead Merchant Bank between 1994 and 1997 and moved to the United Bank for Africa as the head of foreign money market. He then proceeded to First Inland Bank, Plc (now First City Monument Bank) as a deputy general manager and divisional head. He was the chairman of Baywatch Group Limited and First Class Group Limited. He is a board member of the Department for International Development (DFID/DEEPEN) Fund and Audit Committee of Caverton Offshore Services Group plc.

Beginning his political career in 2003 when he was appointed a Special Adviser on Corporate Matters to the then deputy governor of Lagos State, Femi Pedro. He was later made the acting Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget until 2007, when he became the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry by then Governor, Bola Tinubu. 

Sequel to the 2007 general elections, Sanwo-Olu said he was appointed Commissioner for Establishments, Training and Pensions by Governor Babatunde Fashola and was made Managing Director/CEO of the Lagos State Development and Property Corporation (LSDPC) by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode in 2016.

Some of his notable public sector achievements include the supervision of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) privatization projects. He set up and was the Pioneer Board Chairman of Lagos Security Trust Fund. The LAGBUS System and the Control & Command Centre in Alausa were subsequently established under his direct supervision.

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Facebook data controversy: Mark Zuckerberg promises developers hardtime, reassures users

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Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook shares an update on the Cambridge Analytica situation -- including the steps we've already taken and our next steps to address this important issue.

"We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can't then we don't deserve to serve you. I've been working to understand exactly what happened and how to make sure this doesn't happen again. The good news is that the most important actions to prevent this from happening again today we have already taken years ago. But we also made mistakes, there's more to do, and we need to step up and do it.

Here's a timeline of the events:

In 2007, we launched the Facebook Platform with the vision that more apps should be social. Your calendar should be able to show your friends' birthdays, your maps should show where your friends live, and your address book should show their pictures. To do this, we enabled people to log into apps and share who their friends were and some information about them.

In 2013, a Cambridge University researcher named Aleksandr Kogan created a personality quiz app. It was installed by around 300,000 people who shared their data as well as some of their friends' data. Given the way our platform worked at the time this meant Kogan was able to access tens of millions of their friends' data.

In 2014, to prevent abusive apps, we announced that we were changing the entire platform to dramatically limit the data apps could access. Most importantly, apps like Kogan's could no longer ask for data about a person's friends unless their friends had also authorized the app. We also required developers to get approval from us before they could request any sensitive data from people. These actions would prevent any app like Kogan's from being able to access so much data today.

In 2015, we learned from journalists at The Guardian that Kogan had shared data from his app with Cambridge Analytica. It is against our policies for developers to share data without people's consent, so we immediately banned Kogan's app from our platform, and demanded that Kogan and Cambridge Analytica formally certify that they had deleted all improperly acquired data. They provided these certifications.

Last week, we learned from The Guardian, The New York Times and Channel 4 that Cambridge Analytica may not have deleted the data as they had certified. We immediately banned them from using any of our services. Cambridge Analytica claims they have already deleted the data and has agreed to a forensic audit by a firm we hired to confirm this. We're also working with regulators as they investigate what happened.

This was a breach of trust between Kogan, Cambridge Analytica and Facebook. But it was also a breach of trust between Facebook and the people who share their data with us and expect us to protect it. We need to fix that.

In this case, we already took the most important steps a few years ago in 2014 to prevent bad actors from accessing people's information in this way. But there's more we need to do and I'll outline those steps here:

First, we will investigate all apps that had access to large amounts of information before we changed our platform to dramatically reduce data access in 2014, and we will conduct a full audit of any app with suspicious activity. We will ban any developer from our platform that does not agree to a thorough audit. And if we find developers that misused personally identifiable information, we will ban them and tell everyone affected by those apps. That includes people whose data Kogan misused here as well.

Second, we will restrict developers' data access even further to prevent other kinds of abuse. For example, we will remove developers' access to your data if you haven't used their app in 3 months. We will reduce the data you give an app when you sign in -- to only your name, profile photo, and email address. We'll require developers to not only get approval but also sign a contract in order to ask anyone for access to their posts or other private data. And we'll have more changes to share in the next few days.

Third, we want to make sure you understand which apps you've allowed to access your data. In the next month, we will show everyone a tool at the top of your News Feed with the apps you've used and an easy way to revoke those apps' permissions to your data. We already have a tool to do this in your privacy settings, and now we will put this tool at the top of your News Feed to make sure everyone sees it.

Beyond the steps we had already taken in 2014, I believe these are the next steps we must take to continue to secure our platform.

I started Facebook, and at the end of the day I'm responsible for what happens on our platform. I'm serious about doing what it takes to protect our community. While this specific issue involving Cambridge Analytica should no longer happen with new apps today, that doesn't change what happened in the past. We will learn from this experience to secure our platform further and make our community safer for everyone going forward.

I want to thank all of you who continue to believe in our mission and work to build this community together. I know it takes longer to fix all these issues than we'd like, but I promise you we'll work through this and build a better service over the long term.

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Imo Governorship 2019: Nick Opara-Ndudu declares, assures ‘Imo will rise again’

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The former bank boss, Chief Nick Opara-Ndudu, has declared his intention to run for the governorship of Imo State, assuring that ‘Imo will rise again’ reports ITRealms.

Opara-Ndudu in a epistle to Imolites made available to ITRealms, lamented the condition of things in Imo State, including decrepit infrastructure across the state and in particular, in the rural areas.

“We must rise to the challenge of ensuring that government is held accountable for providing quality, durable roads; good hospitals, conducive environment for learning in our schools, etc,” he said.

Also, he said, that the current razzmatazz of ‘urban renewal’ which has seen the Governor Rochas Okorocha's   administration expand a few roads within Owerri metropolis must yield to a more orderly, structured and professionally managed infrastructure provision framework for the people.

“With the scourge of unemployment taking its toll on our teeming population of young people, we must begin to address the challenge of providing jobs and sundry forms of productive engagements for our citizens as veritable instruments for preventing them from engaging in crimes and varied forms of negative behavior,” he said.

Maintaining that the agricultural sector in Imo State, must be revamped and repositioned to unleash its latent capacity and create, at least, 200,000 jobs in a space of three years.

“In the same vein, we must rise to the challenge of providing a conducive environment for the industrial sector to create at least 50,000 jobs over a period of five years,” he said.

The Imo economy and its people, he said, have a capacity to attain these goals and more, provided we have the right leadership.

Opara-Ndudu, who is a staunch Catholic, further decried that most of Imo pensioners have been continually denied their benefits and rights as senior citizens, “we must rise to the challenge of redeeming our collective humanity by ensuring that their entitlements are paid Otherwise, posterity and the judgment of history shall be unkind to us all.”

Opera-Ndudu, who is a 1983 Accounting graduate from University of Nigeria, Nsukka, expressed dismay over the Imo state’s debt profile, which according to him, stood at an all time high in excess of N100billion.

“We must now address the urgent need of diversifying of our state’s economy and revenue base to cope with the challenges created by this needless and avoidable debt overhang. Governing Imo State is not going to be a tea party and we must collectively seek a new development template driven by new approaches and alternative revenue sources. Continuing reliance on existing revenue streams would only spell doom for our future development efforts,” he said.

  

For him, Imolites are indeed facing trying times that must be collectively resolve to change the status quo among others.

“Addressing the above challenges require a new skills set and a shift in our leadership paradigm. Imo State is in dire need of a governor who has capacity to provide the consequential leadership to face these challenges and surmount them for our collective good. That governor must be mature, experienced, and knowledgeable as well as accomplished in his field and above all God fearing and truly compassionate in his dealings with people,” the chartered accountant cum aspirant said.

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Dell EMC: Mitsumi assures customers on quality solutions

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The pan-Africa distribution company of Information Technology (IT) solutions, Mitsumi, has assured Nigerian customers of quality and affordable technology solutions from Dell/EMC, reports ITRealms.

Country Manager, Mitsumi, Mr. Rajiv Patel, gave the assurance at a customer and partners forum in Lagos recently, said Mitsumi would continue to help its partners configure their Dell EMC solutions.

According to him, the company is also discussing opportunities with the endusers of the ethnology solutions from Dell/EMC, and at the same time, help them to get the quoted price as well as helping them to deploy most of the solutions.

Regional Product Manager, Mitsumi Distribution, Mr. Sujal Desai, explained that even though there are other competitors in the technology distribution chain market, Mitsumi would continue to support the market with unique solutions that would facilitate market growth and sustainability. “In addition to distributing quality and affordable technology solutions, we are bringing to the market, technical support for staff, which is the key to business growth and sustainability, and which other distributors do not have. So many partners in Nigeria want to supply the Dell EMC. portfolio, but they do not have the right support from the sales and service sides of the business. But Mitsumi is powering the complete portfolio with pre-sales team support and the technical support in Nigeria and outside Nigeria,” Desai said.

He promised the company would continue to build lasting relationships with its target audience, which include the government and the private sector like oil companies and banks, in such a way that it would help them to understand their requirements better. “We are introducing the latest Dell/EMC technology to all our customers to help grow their business,” Desai said.

Located in Lagos, Mitsumi will continue to service its customers in other parts of the country, since all our expatriate staff and local staff seat in Lagos and operate from Lagos to other parts of the country, even to the remotest areas, Desai added.

Addressing the perceived high cost of technology solutions, Desai advised customers to understand that technology is evolving for the good of business growth and sustainability. “This is the reason we advise, our customers to embrace technologies as they evolve but the customers have to start from small scale before upscaling to what they actually need. Dell EMC solution allows customers to start small and upscale after the company must have expanded its operations,” Desai added.

We always advise our partners to develop solutions that are tailored made for SMEs because they are the backbone of any society, but with limited capital to operate on a large scale. They can begin with smaller solutions and upscale to the bigger solutions, which allows them pay for what they consume, he said.

Mitsumi IT Distribution was formed in Nairobi, Kenya in 1996 with the aim of introducing appropriate and affordable technologies to Africa. It currently has operations in Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana and in other African countries.

It provide a wide range of supply chain solutions for all categories of IT products, ranging from PCs, PC building blocks, networking, software and enterprise solution products, as well as Consumer and Lifestyle products for telecoms, entertainment products and digital printing machines for the leading brands

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Pix: L to R-  Zahid Pervaiz-Marketing Manager, Kumar Kulkarni - Business Head, Bhargav Mehta - Associate Director, Satyen Chokshi - Business Unit Manager (DellEMC), Rajiv Patel - Country Manager, Sujal Desai – Regional Product Manager.