{"id":48424,"date":"2021-04-24T16:13:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T15:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=48424"},"modified":"2021-04-24T16:13:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T15:13:36","slug":"fg-virtually-commissions-7-digital-economy-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/fg-virtually-commissions-7-digital-economy-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Virtually Commissions 7 Digital Economy Projects."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Federal Government through the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy has on Friday, April 23rd virtually commissioned batch nine of seven (7) digital Economy Projects.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami while commissioning the projects yesterday in the ultra-modern conference centre of the National Communications Commission\u2019s (NCC)\u00a0 Building in Abuja on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari said that these projects which cut across several geopolitical zones were executed by the Parastatals as part of the implementation of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy for a Digital Nigeria which is in line with the Economic Development Road Map of Nigeria and the present Administration\u2019s focal points of Economic development, Security and the eradication of corruption.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The 7 Digital Economy Projects commissioned are:<\/div>\n<div>The Community ICT Centre, Dutse, Jigawa State, North West;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>IT Hub Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, North East.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Digital Economy Centre, Imo State Polytechnic, South East.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Digital Economy Centre, Government Secondary School, Garki, Abuja, North Central<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Digital Economy Centre, Ojodu Grammar School, Ojodu, Lagos State, South West.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Emergency Communication Centre, Enugu, Enugu State, South East and The Emergency Communication Centre, Abeokuta, Ogun State, South West.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to him, the ICT Parks and Digital Economy are more incline to economy development, fighting corruption and building the capacity of citizens, especially the youths while also encouraging them to migrate from manual traditional activities to online activities.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>He noted that the Federal Government has also approved the National Policy on virtual engagement which has recently institutionalized virtual engagement\u00a0 particularly in government circle. He stated that through virtual activities, lots of government\u2019s resources are being saved and other harzards associated with physical travels are being reduced.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He further said that the plan of President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s Administration is to have Emergency Communication Centers in every state of the Federation, including the FCT to effectively cater for emergency needs as occasion demands.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy Agencies\u2019 DGs, Post Master General of the Federation and the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, among others were present at the virtual commissioning ceremony and delivered their goodwill messages respectively.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Engr. Festus Daudu while giving his vote of thanks remarked that these projects that are being commissioned are in line with the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy of the Present Administration; noting that government\u2019s intention of spreading these projects across the country is to avail the youths the opportunity of having direct access to the centers as well as improving themselves in the area of ICT.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0He further said that the ICT Centers will support voluntary and community based organizations with their technology needs and also avail the general public the opportunities of using the computer for their ICT benefits and research works; these will get them meaningfully\u00a0 engaged and productive.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government through the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy has on Friday, April 23rd virtually commissioned batch nine of seven (7) digital Economy Projects.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":48425,"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":[8513],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-48424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","tag-digital-economy-projects"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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