We Must Prepare For Post Covid-19 Era – DG NITDA - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 27, 2020
The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, has urged Nigerian technology experts to get ready for new innovations and ideas for post-COVID-19 pandemic era, particularly to fast-track the recovery and sustainable development of the country.
The Director General, who is also the Chief Information Technology Officer of Nigeria, made this call as a Panel discussion during the Africa Tech Leaders Webinar Series organised by Digital Jewels with the theme:
The DG said that with all that has happened during Coronavirus scourge, African countries can still key into technology and digitise its processes in order to boost the continent’s economies after the Pandemic.
He further noted that the Nigerian government, through policies and regulations, had already laid a foundation on which digital services can help revive economies that were ravaged by COVID-19 globally.
The DG added that digital transformation has positively played a big role during this pandemic in accelerating the trends of digital technologies and how they will also help Nigeria to address the changes.