Minister of Communications Technology, Dr
Omobola Johnson, has inaugurated the Advisory Board of the Office of National
Content (ONC) in Lagos, DigitalSENSE
Business News gathered.
Speaking at the inauguration, the minister
pointed out that in developing local content guidelines in the ICT sector, the
Ministry engaged with many of the key stakeholders represented in the ONC
Advisory Board.
According to the minister, compliance and enforcement
are also critical as they are essential for an appropriate governance and
compliance framework to be instituted for this purpose.
“The desks will have responsibility for
leading and executing the specific provisions set out in this implementation
framework, with each one focused on one of the following areas- services,
software, human capital and hardware”, she said.
Johnson emphasized that the Advisory Board
has been chosen to support the ONC and its implementation programme by
providing strategic advice to the ONC on approaches and directions in achieving
its long-term objectives.
She said the Federal Government placed a
lot of importance on developing Nigeria's local content in the ICT industry
adding that Nigeria was categorized as an emerging economy and is currently one
of the fastest growing economies in the world, with an estimated year-to-year
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) percentage change of 5.1 per cent for the period
2012 -2017.
She added that despite the global decline
in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Nigeria retained some impressive figures
with $7, 02 billion (or 41.7 per cent) out of the $16,8 billion FDI inflows to
West Africa in 2012.
Chukwudi Obi
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