THE Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), Abuja chapter, on Monday said it was planning a roundtable to address failure of ICT projects implementation in the country.

Mr Rex Abitogun, the Chairman of the society made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.

Abitogun said the society would hold the roundtable with ICT heads in government organisations and the private sector.

He said the roundtable became necessary following recent report by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) that most ICT projects implemented in the country were not successful.

“So we need to come together to look at what is responsible for the failure, if it is coming from the government side or private sector.

“These are what we want to look at in the Chief Information Officers forum,“ he said.

Abitogun said the society had recently donated computers to six public schools spread across the Area Councils of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Abitogun said that the six schools got about 15 computers, adding that the empowerment was part of the intervention the society was coming up with.

The chairman said it was part of its contribution to bridging the digital and technology among the underprivileged, especially in rural areas.

He said the initiative was geared toward promoting the use of ICT among children in the FCT.

“For those schools we donated the computers, we have given them our contact, if they have any problems with the computers we can send our people there to effect repairs.

“We plan to do more in terms of empowering schools with computers and very soon we will meet some organisations to see how they can key into the programme,” he said.

The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) is the umbrella organisation of all information technology professionals, interest groups and stakeholders in Nigeria.

Formed in 1978 as Computer Association of Nigeria (COAN), it transformed into NCS in 2002 as a result of harmonisation with other stakeholders and interest groups. (NAN)

– Mar. 5, 2018 @ 16:15 GMT |