The Group Managing Director and Chief Executive
Officer, Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) plc, Mr. Austin Okere has been named as
the chairman of the Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF) 2014, reports ITRealms.
The chairperson of the Local Multi-stakeholders Advisory
Group (LMAG) of the Nigeria Internet Governance Forum, Mrs. Mary Uduma, revealed to ITRealms that Mr. Okere has accepted to preside over this year’s edition to
be held on June 10, 2013 at the Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON) Center, Onikan-Lagos.
She also told ITRealms that, LMAG was excited to have Mr. Okere chair the event as his nomination and
acceptance was unanimously endorsed by members which consist of the Ministry of
Communication Technology (MCT), National Information Technology Development
Agency (NITDA), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Nigeria Internet
Registration Association (NIRA), DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA), Internet Society
(ISOC) Nigeria, Rita Talabi Foundation, Creative Technology for Development
Initiative (CTDI) and Global Network for Cybersecurity (GNC).
Equally, Mrs.
Uduma informed ITRealms that the two-day 2014 NIGF would host its youth workshop on
day-1 with focus on “Internet Governance for Job Creation & Social Enterprise
Development” to be presided over by an Internet Security Consultant and former
D-G of NITDA, Professor Cleopas Angaye.
On the
day-2, she explained it would centre on “Harnessing Multi-Stakeholders
Framework for Internet Governance & Economic Growth” with discussions led
by 2014 forum chairman, Mr. Austin Okere of Computer Warehouse Group Plc on
June 10.
She
noted that over the years, the Internet has affected the way we live and
communicate with one another and it has been a huge contributor to economic
development.
“It
affects virtually all areas of life such as business, health, education and
transport,” she asserted.
Mrs.
Uduma further told ITRealms that the strategic importance of the forum is such that
participants are drawn from all social and economic groups to have a say,
through multi-stakeholders’ dialogue, in establishing local principles and
protocols that would guide the governance of the Internet in order to
facilitate economic growth in Nigeria.
She
pointed out that NIGF 2014 is focused on engaging multi-stakeholder’s nature of
the forum to harness and aggregate productive ideas, best practices and
experiences towards facilitating an all inclusive framework for internet
governance in Nigeria that will actively stimulate economic growth, even as she urged participants’ registration at NIGF website.
Photo: Austin Okere of CWG.
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