By Bankole Orimisan
NIGERIA Computer Society (NCS) at its national head office in Lagos, has declared its resolve to lead the revamping of the nation’s economy by reflecting on the growth of Information Technology (IT) in the last 50 years.
The association led by its president, Professor Charles Uwadia, said the body is poised to hold discussions to x-ray the impact of information technology in the country with a view to remodeling the policy thrust to improve the economy.
He revealed that NCS has set aside November 10 to assemble distinguished Nigerians in the field of IT at Lagos Event Centre to reflect on the impact of IT since independence.
“If we must effectively harness abundant national resources in order to achieve the goals of economic and socio-political development, the underlining activities must be completely anchored on it.”
According to him, “Nigeria has done well on a number front as individual and collectively as a nation. Therefore, while we might have not fully met the expectations of the generally of Nigerians, it may not be fair to brand the country a failed state as some people would want to suggest. We must identify missed opportunities and what we need to do to make Nigeria truly the giant of Africa.”
Chairman of NCS conference committee, Shuaibu Afolabi Salisu, stressed on the need for the National Assembly to come up with necessary regulation to encourage investment in the IT sector.
He confirmed that, “the potentials are here and we believe with refocused attitude Nigerians can make a good impact on the economy within shortest time in making our impact in the country.”
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