ITRealms
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Zinox Computers,
Mr. Stan Leo Ekeh, Thursday in Lagos, stated that the Information and
Communications Technology sub sector can create four multibillionaire Nigerians
if the Federal Government can invest $500million about N99.5billion in 2000
Nigerians in four years, ITRealms
reports.
Mr. Stan, who is also
NITRA Patron, while speaking during the inaugural Quarterly Seminar Series of
the Nigerian Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA), stated that
through ICT, “people are buying and selling phones; people are in incubators
designing applications, we have army of engineers; this sector can create four
multibillionaire Nigerians if the Federal Government can invest 500million
dollars in 2000 Nigerians in four years”.
Speaking to ITRealms,
Mr. Ekeh also stated that the NCC has
performed more than any other government agency in the country, adding that if
those in the Power and Energy sub sector
can do as much as NCC, the country will not be in a constrained situation as it
found itself at present.
Dr. Eugene Juwah, the
Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Communication (NCC)
represented by a commissioner, Dr. Mike Onyia, stated that the theme of the seminar “Engendering
Local Innovation in the Nigerian Telecom Sector” is as thought provoking as is
also exciting, stating that whatever comes out of the seminar would be basis
for the regulator to appraise her performance in imbibing the culture of innovation
through regulatory processes and tools.
He further stated that the outcome will also provide a basis for the
regulator to measure potentials and prospects of achieving remarkable
innovation in the industry, ITRealms
report.
Mr. Emma Okonji, NITRA
president, in his welcome remark, stated that the Telecom industry must
engender local content in the sector just as being done in the oil and gas
industry, adding that the Nigerian Communications Commission has done a lot for
the industry as a regulator.
The Nigerian
Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA) is the umbrella body of
the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) journalists, affiliated to
the Nigeria Union of Journalists.
Cyriacus Nnaji/
ED,Ops.
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