To unleash its full economic potential, the Katsina government fills in the gaps in its ICT infrastructure

In an attempt to realize the full potential of the digital economy, stakeholders in Katsina State discussed the Draft National Digital Economy & e-Governance Bill on Tuesday. The bill was created by ID4D and the Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy.

Stakeholders, primarily from the private sector, the Katsina House of Assembly, and the executive branch of government, agreed to create a more robust digital Nigeria during a High-Level Workshop on the Draft National Digital Economy & e-Governance Bill, which was held at the Katsina Directorate of Information and Communication Technology Complex, Katsina.

In a conversation with reporters on the workshop’s sidelines, Naufal Ahmad, the Director General of the Katsina Directorate of Information and Communication Technology, clarified that the workshop also aims to uncover the economic potential of Nigeria’s technology space by increasing the certainty of digital transactions and digital governance in the country.

He did, however, criticize the nation’s persistent ICT infrastructure deficiencies, which he said the federal government and Katsina State government are making every effort to address.

Ahmad asserts that if the majority of the population is left out, digital revolution cannot take place.
In order to accomplish the digital transformation, the Executive Governor of Katsina State is urging investors to come and invest in the construction of the infrastructure that is required. One of his objectives is to ensure that every Local Government in the State has at least one digital touch bite, which functions as a home where people can go to access basic internet service with a reliable and sustainable power supply, he said.

Speaking as well, Hajiya Zainab Lawal Sani, the vice chairperson of the Nigeria Computing Society’s Katsina State branch, said the workshop was appropriate, citing the rise in complicated issues related to server security, cryptocurrencies, money laundering, and fraud, among other things.

She believed that ICT will eventually make its way to rural places.