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ehissi:
Aresa..............There is no point trying to apply grammar or linguistic technicalities to the issue in contention.

We have a Minister of Science and Tech
We have a Minister of Communications
We have a Minister of Information.

Bunmi Okunowo is not a minister and isn't in charge of ICT in Nigeria. Depending on what Bunmi wishes to dabble into, he may have to work with either Minister of Science and Tech or Communications Ministers.

Bunmi reports to Barrister shittu, you don't believe? Go and do your research and come back and school us better before you contend on it any further. After all, they are agencies of government.

Even if you wish to go by linguistic technicalities.

ICT means Information and Communications technology

If we say Barr shittu is the communications minister or ICT minister, that should suffice, seeing that we already have a minister of Information in the person of Lai Mohammed.

Your line of argument is similar to that of one who assumes that simply because Lai Mohammed is the Minister of Information and culture that the National Orientation agency doesn't report to him.......

succed:
ICT coordinator my a.as. creating multiple useless offices with no postive impact on Nigerians. Wetin dey sick Nigeria go hard to cure.....walayi!!!!!.

https://techpoint.ng/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Zuckerberg-with-Andela-Lagos-team.jpg


Most recently, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), founded by Zuckerberg and his wife, led a $24 million investment round in Andela, a Lagos start-up that trains and outsources local software developers.

http://qz.com/770002/mark-zuckerberg-is-in-nigeria-facebooks-largest-african-market/

Smily202:
What is the work of Barr. Adebayo Shittu – that Buhari appointed as Minister of Communication since you only focus on Bunmi Okunowo as ICT dept under Communication ?

Did the government pay Shittu without doing any job ?

[b]Increasingly, Nigeria is becoming a centre for big tech investment and commercially oriented start-ups. Whatever the country’s challenges, investors and entrepreneurs are attracted by the prospect of scaling applications to Africa’s largest population and economy. Many have set up shop in Lagos’s Yaba district. There you can find the headquarters for e-commerce start-up Africa Internet Group and digital payments venture Paga, located near incubators Andela and Co-Creation Hub.

Nigeria’s tech sector is becoming representative of repatriate entrepreneurs reversing some of Africa’s brain drain and IT reshaping the continent’s global linkages. All three of Africa’s most recognized e-commerce startups – Jumia, Konga and MallforAfrica – were founded by Nigerians who earned their university degrees and initial private sector experience in the US. A noteworthy portion of the roughly $600 million in VC to these entities comes from American and European investment firms. And the management of Jumia’s parent, Africa Internet Group, is a mix of repatriate Africans and MBA types from the US and Europe attracted to the continent’s IT opportunities over development work.[/b]


https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/05/a-brief-history-of-africa-s-tech-industry-and-7-predictions-for-its-future/

Nigeria’s digital economy can nurture Africa’s tech industry


Nigeria is well known for its Nollywood film industry. This has spread across the continent taking up a huge chunk of television space in countries in East Africa while dominating its West African roots.

But Nigeria’s growing mobile and tech space could be the next frontier if policies that are put in place can guide Africa’s most populous country to become a true tech hub.
Nigeria’s mobile landscape is not like any other on the continent. The country, which boasts over 100% penetration (107% by October 2015), is a breeding ground for technology companies from inside and outside Africa.
Statistics from 2014 [PDF] show that Nigeria’s mobile ecosystem contributed US$8.3 billion to the economy. This represented 1.4% of Gross Domestic Product (“GDP”).
The progress is buoyed by the launch of internet and mobile based business solutions, opening opportunities for Nigerian business to move into the digital economy.

[b]One service is Orange Business Services, which according to Orange, aims to enable IT officers to take advantage of the shift to digital economy.

Giorgio Heiman, Vice President, Africa at Orange Business Services said: “There are many growth opportunities in IT, particularly in high-growth markets like Nigeria and across West Africa, but these can only be harnessed if service providers have a local understanding of strategic, political and cultural sensitivities in a region.”
Heiman added: “We act as a trusted advisor to help our customers compete on an equal footing in


Heiman added: “We act as a trusted advisor to help our customers compete on an equal footing in what is rapidly becoming a global market. This includes competitive, high-quality IT services delivered in all countries in which they operate.”
The opportunities are not only open to multinationals like Orange but to businesses and start-ups alike. Due to its huge population (180 million) Nigeria could be a single open market to jumpstart Africa’s biggest tech companies.


Digital Inclusion and IT participation
Just like most Sub Saharan African countries, Nigeria’s internet access is accelerated by mobile penetration. Currently over 90% of internet users access it through their mobile phones.[/b]


http://www.idgconnect.com/abstract/17581/nigeria-digital-economy-nurture-africa-

Oildichotomy:
[size=13pt]Nerves struck No?[/size]

Oildichotomy:
Coming from somebody is so much low self esteem about himself and tribe and Nairaland being the only path is let off steam

I will pass ??

Spongia1:
That part of the post that said Zuckerberg spending more days in Nigeria compared to Kenya is a very stupid mentality. What if he spends ten years, will it make our ICT technology world class. The truth is that after all the excitement Mark came with, we will still go back to being the same.

Andibot:
Travelled all the way to osun state to commission just a school building?! There are over 20 states across Nigeria with similar project yet it's commission is not as lousy at this is. As school buildings in these states are no longer seen as ground breaking project. I don't blame you since school building is the elephant project ur admirable state government can embark on.

To commemorate the state creation? How many more will he be officially present to cut the ribbon?

As to the right to celebrate with every state, there are 36 states with jaw-slacking projects, did he only come to do just that?

plaetton:
I have observed that those who childishly cancel other people's post are usually people who have no points, no arguments to offer.
It is akin to a violent lashout.

plaetton:
Lol.

All you have done again is reiterate that there is difference, but without actually elaborating on the distinctions between them .

Balkan:
Zone-B

plaetton:
The only you have illustrated here is that the current Nigerian government is too DUMB to realize and prioritize that Information Technology deserves a ministry of its own, with its own minister , its own budget and a solid ICT Blueprint for the future.

Tucking Bunni Okunowo in into an obscure federal agency that most people have never heard of , underscores the low priority given to Information Technology by this band Dinosaurs in government.

plaetton:
In the context of this thread, Yes.

We already have a minister of information.

Therefore, a minister of Communications is obviously a minister of TeleCommunications infrastructure.

Now, what is the difference between That and ICT ?

Balkan:
Kenya is much ahead of your useless animal kindom

Balkan:
who does he report to please? I mean who is his boss that tells him what to do.? My friend go sidon for doti

The minister calls the shot

jpphilips:
Did you really ask this question?

ATMCARD2:
Your brain is dilapidated.

usbcable:
THANKS FOR THESE

I tried getting some other folks to realise same but they preferred the selective picture of the ministers.

worse still wrongly labelling Shittu as "ICT Minister"

macluvph1:
The man that quoted someone above me and mrvitalis are high on oshogbo weed, they are the reason this cesspit nation Nigeria is going backward and they encourage all these anti democracy stance from Zuzuhari.

Goldencollins:
And which Ministry is supervising the agency ? ?
Which Minister does the agency take orders from ? ?
Please stop disgracing yourself in a public forum.

Goldencollins:
If we have a Minister of communication and the meaning of ICT is Information and communication technology but you keep arguing with me then your school fees was a waste of resources.

asorocker:
below is the screentshot website of the federal ministry of communications

Goldencollins:
Afonja go to school you no gree
Ok let me break it down for you,what is ICT? ?
ICT means information and communication technology.
Facebook and all other forms of social media including Nairaland is a form of ICT which has to do with communication and information so therefore without Nairaland you can't be communicating with me here and the same goes to our telecoms like MTN, glo and the rest.

kettykin:
What ministry is supervising NITDA if not ministry of communication, NCC is also under the same ministry the last time I checked the ministry was in charge of NITEL ,MTEL, ncc, nipost, nitda etc.
The truth is that even if he is not in charge of ICT like you claim why is such a person put in charge of ministry of communication, a lawyer for that matter who possibly is not computer literate and does not understand IT policies. When the lawyer fails to perform the government would blame Jonathan's government for his not performing.

Goldencollins:
And you that finished elementary school what have you achieved ? ?

plaetton:
If you can separate Communications from ICT, then you are the one that needs an education.

plaetton:
Sharap up dia.

What is the difference between Communications and ICT?

luvinhubby:
Difference between office of unit cordinator in a ministry & the minister in charge of the ministry.