Hi House,

Am planning picking a career in SAS(Statistical Analysis Software), a friend introduced me to the software. I will like to know how lucrative is it pcking up career in it. My friend told me is used by GTbank, Skye Bank, First Bank and some other big firm in Nigeria. He also told me that just 10 people are certified in Nigeria as at 1 month ago and checking on line for job abroad is quite lucrative, imagine the salary scale of $80,000-$100,000 per annum.

gbemiady:

Hi House,

Am planning picking a career in SAS(Statistical Analysis Software), a friend introduced me to the software. I will like to know how lucrative is it pcking up career in it. My friend told me is used by GTbank, Skye Bank, First Bank and some other big firm in Nigeria. He also told me that just 10 people are certified in Nigeria as at 1 month ago and checking on line for job abroad is quite lucrative, imagine the salary scale of $80,000-$100,000 per annum.

That Nigerian Banks and big firms use it? What do they do with it? I doubt if nigerian banks believe in using such packages to achieve what they want (profit). American and European banks and businesses use it a lot for business analyses; but nigeria, i doubt; no body wants to follow the right path, they believe even without it they can still make their profits.

Just learn it on your own and add to your cv.

ishmael:

That Nigerian Banks and big firms use it? What do they do with it? I doubt if nigerian banks believe in using such packages to achieve what they want (profit). American and European banks and businesses use it a lot for business analyses; but nigeria, i doubt; no body wants to follow the right path, they believe even without it they can still make their profits.

Just learn it on your own and add to your cv.

Couldn't agree more with you, i knw First Bank use it for their credit risk managment but asides that, the tool just sits down there doing nothing.
With all the cyustomer data and transactional data they collect, they could easily start up a customer intelligence unit to understand their customers better but these banks are all about marketing, trying to obtain new customers when the one's yuo have are not happy with the service you are providing.

The thought pattern of organizations has to change dramatically before tools like SAS can be fully utilized in Nigeria.

Where i work, only 1 person in the entire company knows how to use Cognos