Dr. Bosun Tijani, Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy will join other tech leaders to speak at the fifth edition of The Nigeria eGovernment Summit to be held tomorrow in Lagos, organisers have announced.

Engr Lanre Ajayi, Executive Chairman, DigiServe Network Services, organisers of The Nigeria eGovernment Summit says the annual event is scheduled to hold at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos.

With the theme ‘eGovernment: Pathway to a Prosperous Nation’, the event organisers seek to promote adoption of technology in governance and showcase technologies and strategies required for eGovernment adoption in Governments.

He says that Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, President, Africa Development Bank (AfDB), are also among other keynote speakers that have confirmed their attendance at eGovernment Summit.

Other include Mr. Muhammad Nami, Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and Chairman Joint Tax Board (JTB); Mr Juergen Peschel, Chief Executive Officer, 9Mobile Nigeria; Dr. Ayotunde Coker, Managing Director/CEO, Open Access Data Centres, and Ms Adaora Ikenze, Director, Public Policy, Meta (Facebook).

“eGovernment, which is the adoption of technology in government processes and service delivery, makes government service delivery efficient and cost effective. It introduces transparency in governance and builds trust between government and the governed,” Ajayi says.

What to expect at Nigeria eGovernment Summit

“This year’s edition of the Nigeria eGovernment Summit, Ajayi says, which is the fifth in the series, will not only serve to promote eGovernment to the new administration, but will also focus on strategies and technologies required in its deployment. Technology service providers will share their knowledge and showcase their products, invited agencies of Government at Federal and state level will present use cases of eGovernment in their domains, while international experts will share with us international best practices.” 

The eGovernment Summit will feature breakout panel sessions, where seasoned experts will discuss front burning issues as they relate to technology and governance.

Ajayi listed some of the topics for discussion at the various panel sessions, to include: Positioning Telecoms Infrastructure for eGovernment Deployment; International Best Practices in eGovernment; People’s Expectations in a Technology Driven Society; Communication, Financial Inclusion and Data Protection as a Fundamental Human Right; and Policy Protection for Infrastructure Investment.

The earlier editions of the Nigeria eGovernment Summit recorded astounding success with quality presentations from high level speakers. This year’s summit promises to improve on the success of the previous summits, with a view to enhancing the experience of expected participants, according to Ajayi.

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