Adegboyega: Lagos can leverage NCS on THEMES - ITREALMS

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The Lagos State government has been urged to leverage the expertise in the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) chapter in the state to ensure successful project, reports ITREALMS.

Making this call at the weekend, the Lagos State chairman of NCS, Mr. Ganiyu Adegboyega, assured that the chapter has qualified, competent and experienced professionals with appropriate Information Technology (IT)-based solutions and ready to partner with the government on this project.

The chapter 2019 conference theme” Information Technology: Enabler of a Sustainable Lagos Economy”, he said, aligned with the focus of the present administration in Lagos State, led by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and supported by NCS member, Dr. Kadiri Obafemi Hamzat, as deputy, termed T-H-E-M-E-S, which the government intends to use as its six (6) pillars of development.

He listed the components of T-H-E-M-E-S, to include Traffic Management and Transportation, Health and Environment, Education and Technology, Making Lagos a 21st Century state, and Security and Governance.

For Adegboyega, above components could each be implemented through the use of Information Technology based solutions.

“We look forward to collaborating with the government to achieve its aims and objectives,” he said.

Chuks Egbuna/Editor

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Net Neutrality tops agenda @Nigeria DigitalSENSE forum 2015

The organisers of the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable have unveiled the themes for the 2015 edition.

The Executive Director, Operations of the organizing firm, DigitalSENSE Africa Media, Mrs. Nkemdilim Nweke, said the two-day event which has been scheduled to hold on Thursday, 4 and Friday 5, June 2015 comes with two distinct themes for each day.

According to her, the theme for day 1 of the event, which is Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) is ‘Net Neutrality & Nigerian Internet Users” while the day 2, is “Taking Advantage of Broadband for IPv6 Penetration.”  

She also revealed that the Minister of Communication Technology, Dr. (Mrs.) Omobola Johnson is expected to declare the two-day event formally open.

Slated to hold at the Welcome Center Hotels, International Airport Road, Lagos, between June 4 and 4, 2015, Mrs. Nweke said that notable industry experts have been lined up to present position papers at the event.

As said by her, the 2015 DigitalSENSE Forum series has been strategically planned for Day-1 to focus on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D), whereas Day 2 would culminate in commemoration of the 2015 World IPv6 Day, which DigitalSENSE IPv6 celebration since 2011.

She urged interested companies and participants to reserve their exhibition space and seats by registration for the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum 2015 at www.digitalsenseafrica.com.ng, even as corporate organisation still have chances of participating by contacting the firm directly.

Mrs. Nweke recalled that last year, the Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) was chaired by Prof. Charles Uwadia, the former president, Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) and Head, Computer Science department, University of Lagos.

 
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