The Federal Government will soon begin full implementation of the e- Government Master Plan 2020 once stakeholders’ inputs are incorporated into the policy document that will see all government activities by ministry, department and agencies (MDAs) delivered electronically.
The Minister of Communications, Mr. Adebayo Shittu, disclosed this during a Stakeholders’ Engagement Workshop on “e-Government Master Plan 2020” held in Abuja. According to the minister, the master plan is envisaged as a tidy roadmap for integrating governance in Nigeria, into the post-modern global Information and Communication Technology (ICT) age for the purpose of matchless efficiency, accountability and transparency, “which as experience in the developed world has proven, is the exclusive reserve of the carriage of governance on the ICT platform of modern technology.”
He said that the e-Government Master Plan 2020 developed by the ministry was also designed as an essential blueprint of modalities and protocols for the adoption of e-government best practices, across board, by all federal MDAs. Shittu noted that the policy document was in line with current ‘change’ mantra of the current administration.
He said: “In the light of the positive ‘Change’ mandate and policy thrust of this administration, therefore, we as e-government stakeholders have our work in this workshop cut-out for us. “To put it clearly, we as stakeholders in this crucial area must see ourselves as essential co-workers with the administration in the task of empowering the administration and its workforce with one of the most potent tools for it to deliver the promised positive ‘Change’ to our great country.
“Positive national ‘Change’ in today’s ICT-driven world is virtually impossible without competence and efficiency in e-governance. The benefits of speed, propriety, best-option, transparency, accountability and mass-participation in government available only via the e-government framework and platform make it a sine qua non for meaningful and sustainable political and socio-economic growth and development.
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