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| Mrs. Omobola Johnson, CommTech Minister |
Special Adviser on
Media to the Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs. Efem Nkanga, confirmed to DigitalSENSE
Business News in a press statement.
She quoted the
Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson as saying that the
Federal Government Service Portal in Abuja is part of the initiatives for
‘Getting Government Online’’ to improve service delivery to citizens and other
stakeholders.
Mrs. Johnson
maintained that this effort is one of the key mandates of the Ministry centred
on deploying information and communication technology to drive transparency in
governance and enhance the quality of public service delivery
She explained that
the primary objective of deploying the Government Service Portal, an initiative
of the Ministry of Communication Technology is to create an easy and single
point of entry for Nigerians and other stakeholders to access government
services online.
Additionally, she
said, the Services Portal was built using the latest web technology to bring
together a directory of existing online government services, as well as newly
automated services from the ministries of Industry, Trade and Investment,
Agriculture, Education, Health and Communication Technology.
According to her, some
of the newly automated processes and services on the portal were patent and
trademark registration, evaluation and accreditation of academic certificates,
farmer’s registration, registration and accreditation of seed companies, seed
import and export permit, application for spectrum license, License Procedure
for Class type license and License procedure for individual type license.
Further, she
explained that the Portal has several key benefits which include improved
access to government information for citizens and improved efficiency in the
delivery of government services to the citizenry.
The Portal, she emphasized, is a pilot project that would evolve over-time to improve service delivery and impact positively on the ability of government to drive the use of ICT in governance, as well as promote the development of institutional ICT framework and tools that will enhance citizens’ engagement and online delivery of government services. In addition the portal and the related web services will enable citizens and businesses better interact with government.
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