JONAS EZIEKE, Abuja
The House of Representatives Committee on Digital Information and Communications Technology ICT and the National Information Technology Development Agencies have expressed divergent viewpoint on the need for passage of establishment bills on ICT Training Institutes and Information Technology Hubs across the country.
This happened at one day public hearing on two bills held on Tuesday at the National Assembly
They are ‘A Bill for an Act to Establish Federal Institute of Information and Communications Technology Idanre Ondo State to Provide for Fill Time Courses, And Appointment of a Provost to Carry Out Administration and Discipline of Students and For Related Matters and A Bill for an Act to Promote Information Technology Education, Entrepreneurship and Infrastructure Development Across the Six Geo-Political Zones with Atisbo as the Hub for the South-West Zone and For Related Matters’
Speaker of the House Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas in an opening remarks, said that the Institute, when created, will train young Nigerians into world-class programmers and software developers.
He further said that it will also give them the opportunity to o acquire the relevant skills and critical compatencies required to participate in new global information and communications technology.
The second bill which seeks to promote entrepreneurship and infrastructure development across the six -geo-politcal zones of Nigeria he also stated is in recognition of the transformative potential of information technology (ICT) in driving economic growth, fostering innovation and empowering you too HS across the country.
However, the National Information Technology Development Agency NITDA has rejected the bill seeking to establish ICT hubs across the six geo-political zones on the grounds that it would cause unnecessary overlap and conflict of role with the mandate of the agency.
Director-general of the agency Dr.Kashifu Abdullahi who was represented by a Director, Mr Emmanuel Edet said that the agency is not only a regulator but also an enable with a clear mandate to ensure that the contributions of ICT to the economic growth of the nation is felt fully in all sectors.
Nywithstanding this brawl, the House Committee Chairman, Hon Stanley Olajide said that the House Committee will ensure that the inputs of these stakeholders will be galvanized into workable report that will birth a legal framework for the growth and development of the ICT sector in Nigeria.
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