Minister of Communications Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson has said that Galaxy Backbone plc is key to delivery of cost effective Information Technology (IT) for the Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs).
Speaking at a public forum on Information Security recently
at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, saying that it would also create
efficient shared IT services across government.
Mrs. Johnson said that this is in line with global trends
and recent technological developments, citing an instance of cloud computing
and constraints the global financial and economic crisis has placed on
governments IT budgets.
The Minister noted that governments all over the world are
promoting the concept of shared IT services which aligns with one of the
mandates of the Ministry of Communications Technology, which is to drive
transparency in governance and improve the quality of public service delivery.
Mrs. Johnson further said that the adoption of technology
usage in driving governance and productivity by government MDAs has witnessed
some form of growth, but decried the situation where individual MDAs are
deploying ICT infrastructure that is better deployed through a more effective
pooling of financial and human resources.
“A selected aggregation of individual IT spend plans for
MDAs have revealed that N4.5bn will be spent on data centres in the coming year
despite the fact that we have within government an IT organization that is
positioned to deploy and deliver these services at a lower costs and to higher
standards evidenced in the achievement that Galaxy Backbone is celebrating
today” she said.
Additionally, she said that the concept of shared IT
services is laudable because of the immense cost savings, efficiency and
capabilities that this model has been proven to deliver.
“The Nigerian government should of course be no different
and Galaxy Backbone will be key to the delivery of more cost effective and
efficient shared IT services across government,” she declared.
As said by her, this makes the ISO certification even more
laudable and a very important milestone in the leveraging of ICTs for better
governance and transparency.
Remmy Nweke
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