NACETEM Gives Reasons For  AI Dev

The National Centre for Technology  Management (NACETEM) says  the deployment  of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in public sector would promote efficiency  and accurate data gathering for economic growth.
NACETEM’s Director-General, Dr Olusola Odunsanya, said this in an interview  with newsmen while highlighting the opportunities  of AI in the public sector in Lagos recently.
Odunsanya  said data gathered from different  sources  help  in policy framework  and decision-making in government.
“If  one looks at the deployment  of artificial intelligence  in civil service, in recent times, a lot of reforms has been carried out”, he said.
He said  such reforms  include professionalism, data driven  identification, and the Integrated  Payroll and Personal Information  System  (IPPIS) that is linked to human resources.
‘’These data come in different ways due to data collected from different  sources and helps the government  in planning.
“When you juxtapose the development in the public service reforms, it now indicates to you that government will be able to take data-driven informed decisions and the application  of Artificial  intelligence  makes it faster”, he said.
According to him, it was the technologies of the time that will  define the future  of fourth industrial revolution.
“With the deployment  of these technologies, the future of work is one that will  be remote work.E-commerce  and e-governance will  be important and a lot of data economy generated”, he said.
NACETEM is an agency of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology,  vested with the mandate of training and developing middle to high level manpower and conducting policy research in the areas of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) management for all tiers of government and the private sector.