Looking gracious in a simple shirt and jacket, he calmly settles down in a chair with a humble mien that belies the respect he commands in the software industry home and aboard. Just back from Glasgow, where the African Scotland Forum honoured him with the Leadership in Technology Award, conferred him with a fellowship of the Centre for African Policy, Development and Research, Scotland and named a research centre after him, his success story, selfless efforts, pragmatic and patriotic activities need no introduction. After a stint in the banking sector, John Obaro left to pursue his passion – writing computer codes. For 24 years, his company, SystemSpecs Limited, has continued to perform wonders thus emerging as a leading provider of e-payment, financial, and human capital software solutions for the Nigerian and African environment. In recent time, the company even became more famous when its innovative product, Remita, software used for the transfer of government’s funds from commercial banks to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under the Treasury Single Account (TSA) policy of the Federal Government came under a slew of allegations – seen by some as efforts to destroy the TSA project. To set the records straight, the soft-spoken software guru sat with us to tell his side of the story
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