{"id":75599,"date":"2013-11-15T05:36:09","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T04:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=75599"},"modified":"2013-11-15T05:37:27","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T04:37:27","slug":"stakeholders-urge-fg-to-include-ict-in-national-confab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=75599","title":{"rendered":"Stakeholders Urge FG To Include ICT In National Confab"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_75603\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/FRED1511130ICT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75603\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-75603\" alt=\"L-R: Business Development Director, hand hold products, Samsung Electronics, West Africa, Mr Daesung Ra; product and marketing manager, regional head, Mr Jaco Zyl and Managing Director, Mr Brovo Kim, during the Port Harcourt launch of Samsung Galaxy note 3 and gear, recently. Photo: NAN\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/FRED1511130ICT-300x178.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/FRED1511130ICT-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/FRED1511130ICT.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-75603\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L-R: Business Development Director, hand hold products, Samsung Electronics, West Africa, Mr Daesung Ra; product and marketing manager, regional head, Mr Jaco Zyl and Managing Director, Mr Brovo Kim, during the Port Harcourt launch of Samsung Galaxy note 3 and gear, recently.<br \/>Photo: NAN<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Federal Government<br \/>\nhas been advised to include issues on Information Technology (IT) and Telecommunications development in its proposed National Dialogue.<br \/>\nSome respondents who spoke with our reporter in Port Harcourt Wednesday, said the Federal Government should adjust its timetable and ensure that issues bordering on IT and telecommunications development are included, in the National dialogue.<br \/>\nOne Evans Chinda Ogbuji, said that since the economy was at the verge of collapsing, it is the only balm now that can heal the system.<br \/>\nOgbuji noted that the telecommunication development of the country, if revived, would address many issues, including unemployment.<br \/>\nAccording to him, the national discourse should not centre on political issues, but should cut across several issues that could improve the economic system.<br \/>\nAnother respondent, Paul Igwe Nwoha, said the federal Government and the organizers of the National Dialogue ought to remove political issues from the events and concentrate on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) development.<br \/>\nHe argued that good information system was another way of measuring a country\u2019s level of development.<br \/>\nNwoha, stressed that unless Nigeria approached IT development with high speed, it may not achieve its Vision 202020.<br \/>\nHope Amadi, Joy Chima, and others, called on the supervising Minister of Science and technology, Mrs Omobola Johnson, to get ready and prepare her proposals on IT &amp; ICT development.<br \/>\nThey said that Nigerians would not forgive her if IT&amp;ICT did not get the required attention during the National dialogue.<br \/>\nAccording to them, the country must join the rest of the world and develop ICT, adding that it was the hub of every economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government has been advised to include issues on Information Technology (IT) and Telecommunications development in its proposed National Dialogue. 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