A joint press statement made available to ITRealms Online
endorsed by Bayero Agabi of Infotech Network and Don Pedro Aganbi of Technology
Africa indicated that as the Nigerian Central Bank gets set to implement a
measure that will encourage boom in electronic transaction otherwise referred
to as cashless society issues of ICT infrastructure.
This, they stated would enable electronic transaction
(e-transaction) laws and the political will to see it through.
As said by them, the talking point of the breakfast session
with the CBN governor is evolving a cashless society in Nigeria, political or
economic statement.
They alleged that cash is the blood wire of corruption,
bribery and money laundering to name a few and by removing cash, definitely
these vices aforementioned would find it difficult to survive.
The organizers further said that the challenge now is for
all Nigerians to brace up for this new era in the economic development and
banks to put in place necessary operational infrastructure to cope with the anticipated
upsurge in the number of bank customers.
Equally, they said that the theme of the forum “Evolving a
Cashless Society in Nigeria: Political Statement or Economic Benefit” is apt as
it would lend weight to existing efforts to increase awareness of the issues,
challenges, opportunities in growing a cashless society in Nigeria.
The forum would additionally provide a platform for
government to present its plans and policies for a cashless society, and the
private sector to provide insights into challenges, opportunities, and source
of funds for infrastructural development, alternatives and enabling
institutional legal frameworks.
The forum, they added, holds prospect for networking and
forging strategic partnerships among key stakeholders in all the sectors of the
economy.
The breakfast forum, they noted, would hold in Lagos on
Friday, November 11, 2011, at the prestigious Golden Gate Restaurant Ikoyi-Lagos.
Remmy Nweke
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