The Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria, (CPN), has tasked all states in Nigeria to emulate the Lagos state government by replicating the
Recall that Lagos state setup the BCLG in 2020, and the body is instrumental in the establishment of Information Communication Technology Units in all the 20 LGs and 37 LCDAs by the state government. First of its kind by any state in the country.
Former registrar, CPN, Sikiru Shehu, who made the call, while giving his opening address at the symposium and local tech showcase with the them: ‘Grassroots Data for National Development’, on Tuesday, in Lagos, said, it is crucial that local governments as government establishments should have a structure where there will be a technical IT department for each local government, from where IT supports will get to other offices within the local governments.
For the purpose of capacity building, IT infrastructural development, and resource sharing, the IT departments in the local governments should have a centralised coordination organ that will create an enabling environment that will ensure that the grassroots governments are flowing inline with the Lagos State Smart City agenda, Shehu advocated.
He averred that, a lot of data are being generated daily at the grassroots and if they are well managed and harnessed, they could be used to coordinate local communities, as these communities are the bedrocks of the nation.
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