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The incoming Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, Engr.\u00a0 Festus Yusuf Daudu has pointed out that Nigerians have the potential to compete with developed countries like the United States of America, United Kingdom, and Russia in the area of Information and \u00a0Communication Technology (ICT) sector based on available human resources in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said this during the official handing over ceremony between him and the outgoing Permanent Secretary, Mr. Musa Istifanus which took place today at the Ministry\u2019s headquarters in Abuja.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Permanent Secretary stated that Nigeria has passed the stage of comparison in the area of ICT with other developing countries within and outside the region adding that Nigeria should be competing with the likes of the United States of America, United Kingdom, and Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said the renaming of the Ministry as Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy was designed to be in line with global development noting that Nigeria cannot be left behind in the ICT world. The world is moving forward, we need to move with the globe\u201d. Engr. Daudu stressed.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Permanent Secretary requested for maximum cooperation from the management staff of the Ministry and urged them to work as a team in order to achieve the mandate of the Ministry for digital Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to him \u201ca tree cannot make a forest. You need a collection of trees to produce a forest and I believe that all of you seated here are a collection of diverse human resources require to make the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy achieve its\u00a0 mandate\u201d.<\/span><\/p>

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He noted that finances are the most difficult challenges in the system and urged the staff to maximize the little available in order to achieve the Ministry\u2019s numerous policies and programmes for digital Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Outgoing Permanent Secretary, Mr. Musa Istifanus thanked the management and staff of the Ministry for their cooperation and support in the implementation of the policies and programmes of the Ministry.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said, the new challenges before him now is to use the experience he acquired in the ICT sector and collaborate with his counterpart in the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy to promote surveillance technology that would enhance the efficiency of Nigeria troops in cubing the issues of kidnapping, banditry, and terrorism in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

Photo Caption : From Left –Outgoing Permanent Secretary, Mr. Musa Istifanus and incoming Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, Engr.\u00a0 Festus Yusuf Daudu during the official handing over ceremony which took place Thursday,\u00a0 at the Ministry\u2019s headquarters in Abuja.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The incoming Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, Engr.\u00a0 Festus Yusuf Daudu has pointed out that Nigerians have the potential to compete with developed countries like the United States of America, United Kingdom, and Russia in the area of Information and \u00a0Communication Technology (ICT) sector based on available human resources in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":45772,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-45771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nNigeria Can Compete With Developed Countries In ICT -Engr. 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