Yusuf Hayatudeen, 30, is a young passionate inventor and
entrepreneur who developed softwares to fight crimes and
generate revenue in 5 states. The last child in a family of
5, he had both primary and secondary school education at
Elkanemi Islamic Primary School and Elkanemi College of
Islamic Theology before proceeding to study Information
Management Technology at the Sikkim Manipal University
of Ghana. Yusuf is currently the Chief Executive Officer of
Bexil Computer and Solution limited Maiduguri. Excerpts

What did you specialise in?
We specialize in providing solutions to some critical
challenges facing the society. Growing up in Maiduguri, I
always thought of what could be done to improve my state;
looking at the unemployment rate of the youth, poverty
levels and insecurity. It used to be of great concern to me,
so after the one-year mandatory NYSC, I did a lot of
research, which led to the development of some
applications that can reduce insecurity if put into proper
use with the help of artificial intelligence.

What informed your decision to develop these apps?

I have always been an ICT enthusiast. In 2014, I developed
an app to help improve security, especially within
Maiduguri. In the heat of insurgency, I and some of my
friends tried to decipher the cause of the problems we
were facing in Borno and the North-east, and answer to our
quest was the issue of Okada riders then. There was a time
the government ordered that they must wear helmet in the
state capital but this order led to an uproar. That was part
of the beginning of Boko Haram insurgency. The people
and security agencies clashed around Custom area
because of the refusal of the people to obey government’s
orders. This was part of what culminated to the national
security issues we are facing today.
So, we felt if the tricycle operators are not sanitised,
another bigger Boko Haram is looming because a lot of
crimes are being perpetrated in Borno State, especially at
night, using Keke Napep.

We no longer have Okada since the Keke Napep have
replaced them, so why not create a software that will
enable the government have the data of all operators and
create solutions and innovations that would help curb the
crimes and generate revenue?

Tell us more about the features and benefits of this app?
Apart from fighting crimes in our society, it has improved
job creation. In Keke Napep associations alone, I think
more than 1,000 people have benefited directly. We have
registered at least 25,000 tricycles in Borno State. People
come to register their tricycles and checks are being
conducted by the association before they could be
integrated into our system. Also, revenues are collected
digitally.
As you know, identity is very important when it comes to
profiling taxpayers, and governments are losing billions of
naira in that sector. If the government can identify the
taxpayers, it would be easy for governments to know if
someone is paying tax or defaulting. So, with this app, the
operators have their unique identities and the electronic
machine would reveal the data of every operator. There is
no way to default at all. It has worked perfectly and you can
go to the Board of Internal Revenue to verify.
We generate between N600 and N700 million annually from
Keke Napep alone since the inception of this software.
Before, it was a zero-revenue sector for the state
government.

What are the challenges you have experienced?
One of the setbacks we faced at the beginning of the
project was fear of change from our people, they thought
we were coming to take over their jobs, that was a major
problem we had. Even in the state government circle, a lot
of people were afraid of these initiatives.
I developed this app since 2014, we started making some
moves and contacting people in the government but they
were afraid. It didn’t materialise until 2020 after Prof
Babagana Zulum became the governor and I met with the
Commissioner for Transportation, forwarded the proposals
to the office of the governor and it was immediately
approved by the governor.
For six years I pursued the state government to sell this
initiative to them, so you can see that consistency is key.
As we speak, we have a lot of software on ground that we
trying to sell to people but we are not deterred by those
challenges because we know it is part of what makes us
stronger and brings out the best in us.

https://dailytrust.com/meet-borno-youth-who-developed-app-to-curb-insecurity-boost-revenue/
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Good development. This is a real patriotism when a person shows concern in what's develing his people. Bravo!

News of this nature is what we should reading on a daily basis.

Kudos young man.

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Wow! This is the kinda people we want in this country. A good development indeed!
God bless him.♥️

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Highly commendable

But this is very similar to what we've been proposing to the Nigerian government.

Create a comprehensive data base for all Nigerians to register with.

Not the useless NIMC that you can't even correct your name or date of birth without paying huge amount of money that goes to a certain individuals.

A data collation of all Nigerians that will fill up our relatives and number of kids and wives and address...Linking up the data with the children data.

Then give rooms to employers to review their workers details and can be used for employment. Citizens will also have the privilege to edit their information in terms of relocation or change of jobs or married information.

This is how to track a person very easily.

Not the nonsense we call national identification..That you can't access your very information. Only the government uses your information for banking purposes.

Arewa to the world