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NOTAP, NCC To Domesticate Software In Nigeria
The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP), says it would partner with the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) to acquire and domesticate software in the country.
A Director in NOTAP Dr Umar Bindir, stated this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja recently.
Bindir said, “The synergy between NOTAP and NCC is going to fully mature this year, so that we can take specific steps either to develop software for banking applications, education sector, health sector and so many more.
“Our strategy to acquire and domesticate these software, is first to do with partnership among the agencies that are involved and the key of the partnership are NITTDA, GALAXY BACKBONE, ISPOND, NCC and the Computer Registration Council of Nigeria.’’
He said “the consumption of software in Nigeria is literally total. We are buying software for the banking sector, communication and oil and gas sectors adding that it is apparent to say that it is not healthy for Nigeria to depend on software importation, thus the country has to take a position to start injecting a bit of local content in these goods and services.’’
The director said that the sustenance of software importation was a problem, adding that there was the need for Nigeria to actively involve the help of graduates computer scientists and programmers.
“We have to make use of the skills from graduates, who are working at research institutes to start looking at the unique needs of Nigeria in most of the sectors and to start coding software that can fix it.’’
Bindir said that a number of initiatives from some people were already making waves in software manufacturing presently in Nigeria.
He said, “There is a young man, who has succeeded in making hardware for Nigerian traditional medicine, others have come up with software for teaching and some have designed data basis that can help government make intelligent decisions.
“Nigeria has all it takes to trigger the development of software industry and this is what we would continue to do this year. “Nigeria cannot be left behind in the software industry, therefore, we will continue to advocate for young people to continue to produce while on our side, we will promote and help create the market for them.’’ he said.
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