FG To Establish E-Govt Services Company Soon – Communications Minister

BY GLORIA USMAN, ABUJA – Minister of Communications, Dr. Adebayo Shittu has assured that the Federal Government will soon establish an e-government services company to boost the current administration quest to engender Open Government Partnership (OGP) in Nigeria.

Shittu, who gave the assurance in Abuja recently during a meeting of the National Steering Committee on Open OGP explained that the e-government services company will enable the Nigerian masses to access government information with ease as well as bring the government closer to the people.

According to him; “I am happy to inform you that in a month or two, the Ministry of Communications through Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) is going to establish a reliable e-government services company which will enable the ordinary masses of  Nigeria to reach the government and access all the government available information.”

He said the his ministry initiated an e-government master plan as a policy which has been approved by the Federal Executive Council, adding that the Communications ministry would work hard to domesticate it and make it work for the betterment of Nigeria and her citizenry.