E-PPAN lines up speakers for eGovt Summit 2016

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The E-Payment Providers Association of Nigeria (E-PPAN) has lined up speakers for its fifth annual electronic Government summit, slated for Abuja next month, September, reports ITRealms.

The line-up includes chief executive officers of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), according to the Executive Secretary of E-PPAN, Mrs. Regha Onajite who disclosed this to ITRealms.

A press statement made available to ITRealms and endorsed by Mrs. Onajite, said they have set up high profile speakers comprising top government and private sector executives expected at this year’s edition of the annual E-Government Summit 2016, scheduled for 27th -28th September, at the NAF Conference Centre Abuja.

ITRealms gathered that the summit is hosted in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), with the support and sponsorship of Galaxy Backbone (GB) Plc, Fidelity Bank Plc, Visa Inc and Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS). 

Onajite noted that the two-day intensive dialogue session, will form an assemblage of over 500 top decision makers in government and private sector on a single platform.

Stakeholders, she said, would brainstorm to proffer solutions and proactive measures for Government to generate and increase internally-generated revenue (IGR) using smart solutions while achieving transparency and accountability amongst expected deliverables.

“The two days event will play host to a lot of top speakers including the Corps Marshal and CEO of Federal Road Safety Corps/, Boboyo Oyeyemi, who will be speaking on Data Integration and Analysis, for Strategic Economic Development alongside the co-Founder/Lead Partner BudgIT, Mr. Oluseun Onigbinde.

“Also, the Managing Director of Galaxy Backbone Plc, Malam Yusuf Kazaure,  will present a lead paper on ‘Smart Government Through Shared Services Model’ and Macauley Atasie, the Managing Director of Nextzon Business Services, will also throw more light on the topic. The Head Financial Inclusion Secretariat at Central Bank of Nigeria, Mrs. Temitope Akin-Fadeyi, will speak extensively on Adopting the Financial Inclusion Roadmap for Improved Economy and Good Governance together with the Divisional CEO, Interswitch Financial Inclusion, Mike Ogbalu III," she said.

Other speakers invited to add value to the event include the Managing Director ,NIBSS, Mr. Ade Shonubi; Managing Director, Interswitch Limited, Mr. Mitchell Elegbe; Managing Director, Paga Mr. Tayo Oviosu; Managing Director SystemSpecs Limited, Dr. John Obaro; and Head, Shared Services Office at CBN, Mr. Chidi Umeano.

They also include the Director, FSS2020 Secretariat, CBN, Mr. Mohammed Suleyman; Country Manager, Hewlett-Packard Nigeria Limited, Mrs Ify Afe; Managing Director, Samsung West Africa, Mr. Idorenyen Enang; Country General Manager, IBM West Africa,  Mr. Taiwo Otiti  and the Chief Operating Officer of Digital Encode, Mr. Wale Obadare, amongst others.

Chuks Egbune/GEE 

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