Global Considerations

 Policy Statement 

Recognizing that the subject of globalisation is indeed an issue of internationalisation of technology, government shall encourage international collaboration in IT knowledge sharing, investment and security.

Objectives

1. To encourage national and regional co-operation in the applications and development of IT to strengthen co-operation and integration in Africa.

2. To position Nigeria as an IT capable country in Africa.

3. To respond to the challenges of the IT globalisation in goods, services and human capital.

4. To transform IT brain drain from Nigeria to brain gain.

5. To encourage the participation of Nigeria in the Internet Society activities at the international and regional levels.

Strategies

(i) Creating IT departments, headed by Chief Information Technology Officers (CITO), in our missions abroad and related establishments.
(ii) Establishing an international relations department in the National Information Technology Development Agency with special inter-agency links to the Presidency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.