President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to delivering the national digital economy with appropriate infrastructures and attractive conditions of service in agencies saddled with the responsibility to do so, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami said on Tuesday.
Pantami cited the upward review of the capital budget of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) from between 500 to 700 million in the previous years to about 5 billion Naira this year as part of the commitments of the President for a Digital Nigeria.
He commended the President for his support and approval of proposals relating to the development of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector, asserting that the contributions of the ICT sector to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product in the last quarter of 2020 was as a result of his support.
Dr Pantami spoke at the presentation of the National Information Technology Development Agency’s (NITDA) Employee-Centric Condition and Scheme of Service documents to the public at Frasel Suites, Abuja.
“We are grateful for His Excellency’s support and the confidence he has reposed in us.
We are doing our best to justify this confidence by ensuring that our initiatives support the programmes of the Government, “Dr Pantami said.
He added; “The 2020 Fourth Quarter (Q4 2020) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report recently released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that our modest efforts are yielding positive results; this reflected in the significant growth experienced by the ICT sector.
