For a start, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Mr Umar Danbatta and the Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), Mr Dasuki Arabi have penned a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly work towards accelerating the digitisation reform process in government.
Speaking at the event, which took place at the NCC’s Head
Office in Abuja recently, Danbatta, a professor of engineering said collaboration
between the two organizations is consistent with NCC’s Strategic Vision Plan
(SVP) to partner and collaborate with relevant stakeholders.
He noted that the MoU will enhance efficiency and
productivity as it adequately captures the roles of enabling policies and
implementing institutions, which are key features of digital transformation.
He also said the Commission will continue to drive broadband
penetration, which provides the backbone upon which such a process will thrive.
According to him, “It is for this reason that the Nigerian
National Broadband Plan document made adequate provisions for the deployment of
broadband infrastructure across the country. It is this same infrastructure
that will drive services that will result in the transformation of governance
as well as the key services sector in the economy,” he said.
Danbatta said at the completion of the process, governance
will be paperless and chief executive officers would be able to deal with their
mails without necessarily signing most things offline because virtually
everything will be done online.
“Indeed, the transition will be worth it, as the process is
associated with efficiency, which naturally results from operating a paperless
system of governance or administration at the level of entities such as the
Bureau for Public Service Reforms and the Nigerian Communications Commission,”
he said.
“We attach a lot of importance to the way and manner we
collaborate with sister agencies of government to give translation or to ensure
the actualisation of that important item of our Strategic Vision Plan that is
strategic collaboration and partnership, it explains why we are signing this
Memorandum of Understanding.
In his response, Arabi revealed that the Bureau took the
decision to work with the Commission in driving the reforms for the adoption of
emerging technologies as a result of NCC’s emergence as the first organization
to win the Platinum Award of BPSR, exceeding expectations in the way it
conducts its businesses.
“Historically speaking, this partnership had begun in 2016
when the Commission became the first agency of government to undergo the BPSR
online Self-Assessment Tool (SAT). Remarkably, at the end of the assessment,
NCC emerged as the first agency to be rated Platinum Organisation by the Tool,
having exceptionally exceeded expectations in all good practices built around
nine domain areas” Dasuki stated.
Underscoring his submission, Arabi said, “Given the
successful outcomes of the workshops and conferences NCC organized in
collaboration with BPSR on the Distributed Ledger Technologies (the Blockchain)
in 2022 in Lagos and Abuja, the MoU is providing a window of opportunity to
consolidate efforts to deliver strong and resilient public service that will
lead a well-functioning federal system wherein zero tolerance for corruption is
made practicable.
“The MoU will also help in fostering a high degree of cooperation
between Federal and State governments in improving service delivery and
addressing the Transparency International Corruption Perception Index to
significantly improve the safe and secured environment that encourages economic
growth and investment.”
Arabi said that efforts to improve equitable and unhindered
access to government information and services through the Federal Government’s
Scorecard for ranking websites of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs)
are producing a direct impact on the socio-economic development of the country.
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