IT: NITDA to ensure compliance with executive order on local content

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has said it will ensure that the executive order on support for local content is strictly complied with by all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).   Director General of NITDA, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, who said this in a statement at the weekend, added that the agency […]

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has said it will ensure that the executive order on support for local content is strictly complied with by all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).  

Director General of NITDA, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, who said this in a statement at the weekend, added that the agency had put measures in place to facilitate compliance with the executive order.  

“In compliance with the recent ‘Executive Order No. 003 Support for Local Content in Procurement by Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Federal Government of Nigeria’ signed by the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, May 18, 2017, NITDA has embarked on strengthening its strategy to foster patronage of  indigenous IT products and services. The strategy focuses on two tracks: Make Nigerian IT products viable; and promote local content first policy in IT procurement by MDAs”, he said.