For its exceptional performance in the Information Communications Technology (ICT) sector, Ekiti State Government has received the ICT State of the Year Award in the 2012 edition of the Nigerian Telecoms Award.

The award is principally premised on "the overwhelming, genuine, development oriented ICT projects on-going in Ekiti State", and according to the award organisers, the decision was an outcome of the assessment of a team of experts who assessed the efforts of the State alongside other States from August 2011 to date.

The honour was received on behalf of the state government by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Infrastructure and Public Utilities, Mr. Kayode Jegede, who stood in for Governor Kayode Fayemi at the event.

Congratulating the Government and the people of Ekiti State, the organisers of the award said they had observed with keen interest "the forward thinking and creative attitude with which the leadership of Ekiti State Government had embraced ICT".

They expressed confidence that the effort would have more impact on the future of the people of Ekiti than its present benefits.

Lauding the State's ICT Education programme, the organisers said Ekiti State is the only State in Nigeria to procure and distribute the first-ever Samsung solar-powered laptops to teachers and students with the vision of distributing 100,000 laptops to students by 2014. The state has already distributed 33,000 laptop computers to students in the first phase of the scheme.

The gesture was aimed at exposing Ekiti students to the best e-teaching and learning facilities in the world, and to make them compete favourably with their colleagues anywhere else.

Further to the distribution of the laptops, the State Government also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Samsung to connect Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti and the State College of Education, Ikere Ekiti to the on-going wireless community project as hundreds of computers have been procured ahead of their connection; even as Samsung is set to establish a service centre in the State.

In a bid to ensure citizens participation through e-governance, the State Government also developed a web 3.0 digital media platform with 8 digital channels through which citizens can access documents, information, comment and get immediate feedbacks on issues of governance in the state.

The State digital media platform, according to a world web ranking agency, alexa.com, is the best Nigerian State Government website in world ranking, followed by Lagos State.

Aside establishing an ICT data centre, the Dr. Fayemi-led administration introduced the e-payment system, which has not only helped in plugging loopholes in the finances of the State government, but has also boosted the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the State from N109 million to over N600 million since the introduction of the system.

The e-payment system was extended to workers as the biometric payroll system has changed the face of salary payment from the traditional means of payment to electronic means. This has helped to identify "ghost workers" and those who collect salaries from more than one point.

The e-pay system is now being introduced in the Social Security Scheme of the state government where elderly citizens aged 65 years and above receive monthly stipend of N5,000.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201209200260.html

acidosis™:
Hehehe. . . what happens to Godswill Akpabio's gigantic e-Library in Akwa-Ibom state?


Hmm.. Governors should emulate this. Concentrate on building "people" not houses that will eventually be destroyed by the people they fail to develop.

Congratulations!! My Ekiti kete peeps!! am proud of y'all.

Aside establishing an ICT data centre, the Dr. Fayemi-led administration introduced the e-payment system, which has not only helped in plugging loopholes in the finances of the State government, but has also boosted the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the State from N109 million to over N600 million since the introduction of the system.

acidosis™:
Hehehe. . .what happens to Godswill Akpabio's gigantic e-Library in Akwa-Ibom state?


Hmm.. Governors should emulate this. Concentrate on building "people" not houses that will eventually be destroyed by the people they fail to develop.

Congratulations!! My Ekiti kete peeps!! am proud of y'all.

Sky Blue:

Profound and true

The State digital media platform, according to a world web ranking agency, alexa.com, is the best Nigerian State Government website in world ranking, followed by Lagos State.

ju$twise:
ICT state blah blah blah
FRAUD!!!

afam4eva:
Biko, when did Alexa start ranking the best websites in the world. Alexa is strictly a web traffic aggregator. These people should stop passing false information.

afam4eva:
Biko, when did Alexa start ranking the best websites in the world. Alexa is strictly a web traffic aggregator. These people should stop passing false information. I guess they meant traffic.

afam4eva: I just checked the the Alexa ranking for state government websites and Ekiti actually comes high and above every state in Nigeria. That shows that when it comes to IT, Ekiti know what they're doing.

logica: Uh oh. What happened to the expected "what does Ekiti know about I.T"? All you came in here to do was talk about Alexa?

Aigbofa:

So, why did you make your initial statement.

Eko Atlantic:

Building a Gigantic e-library might not just be the only factor this organization considered before selecting Ekiti.
Try and read through lines to get details.

femi_seun: A state where u can hardly find teller machines at the bank and computers at the local govt offices is winning ICT state govt of the year . Naija we don start again

femi_seun: A state where u can hardly find teller machines at the bank and computers at the local govt offices is winning ICT state govt of the year . Naija we don start again

afam4eva: I just checked the the Alexa ranking for state government websites and Ekiti actually comes high and above every state in Nigeria. That shows that when it comes to IT, Ekiti know what they're doing.

Paul John:
Afam why are contradicting your words?

Eko Atlantic:

Building a Gigantic e-library might not just be the only factor this organization considered before selecting Ekiti.
Try and read through lines to get details.
From the post:

The result of the development on ICT has already been seen in Ekiti
This alone has put Ekiti ahead of other states.

@post good one from Fayemi, also governor Akpabio of Akwa Ibom for making the development of ICT their priority in their respective states

afam4eva: For those of you that are wondering why Akwa Ibom with the E-LIbrary did not win this award. You have to understand that this award is for the state that is IT compliant. Which means this state uses IT in the day to day running of the state affairs. For instance, if you want to pay any fee to Ekiti, you can pay it online etc. It's not just about having an E-Library that i'm not sure is fully functional yet.

Also note that this award is for Ekiti Government and not for Ekiti state. Note the difference. If it was for states, then Lagos could easily have one this award.

afam4eva: For those of you that are wondering why Akwa Ibom with the E-LIbrary did not win this award. You have to understand that this award is for the state that is IT compliant. Which means this state uses IT in the day to day running of the state affairs. For instance, if you want to pay any fee to Ekiti, you can pay it online etc. It's not just about having an E-Library that i'm not sure is fully functional yet.

Also note that this award is for Ekiti Government and not for Ekiti state. Note the difference. If it was for states, then Lagos could easily have one this award.

acidosis™:


Sir I read that twice before I made the comment. Did you read the part on laptop distributions?
And who told you, Akwa-Ibom e-library is also not generating some revenue to the state?

but has also boosted the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the State from N109 million to over N600 million since the introduction of the system.