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NITDA Lists Gains Of Local Content Policy
The National information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has said that the local content policy of the Federal Government on Information and Communication Technology (ICT), would reduce the importation of ICT software into the country.
Director-General, NITDA, Dr Isah Ibrahim, gave this indication at the 2017 International Day of Girls in ICT in Abuja.
Speaking through the Assistant Director, Information Technology Infrastructure Solutions, Mr Salisu Kak, the DG said, the agency has made it compulsory for contractors to ensure that at least the computer systems they buy were from local Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) in Nigeria.
According to him, “in 2013, there was the local content policy passed by the federal government on ICT and NTIDA being the regulatory agency, has quickly established office of the national content on ICT (ONC)”.
Additionally, he said, “this office is saddled with the responsibility of ensuring that at least 30 percent of whatever we consume locally or within the country, there is local component of it that is from the hardware to the software aspect of it”.
He further said, the agency has created enabling environment that would allow genderless communities at different levels to have equal opportunities in terms of digital divide.