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The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has agreed to collaborate with the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) in order to implement the NANONASENI Technology and the NASENI CertVeri System in Nigeria.
The initiatives will help in profressional skill development for milllions aof Nigerians and also provide easy-to-accesss document verification services across the globe.
The Director General, NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, who expressed the agency’s readiness to work with NASENI, commended the organisation for coming up with the two innovative solutions at addressing skills gaps.
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“We are ready to work with you to support you in any way to make sure we achieve this because achieving this initiative to us is like helping us also achieve our mandate. Anything you do to develop IT or strengthen the ecosystem translates to you helping us achieve our objective; So thank you very much,. said Abdullahi during a revcent viist by senior officials of NASENI to IT regukatory body.
The NITDA is empowered by law to be the country’s IT clearinghoue and also approves IT projects of all ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) in line with public procurement regulations.
According to the NITDA boss, the proposed special purpose vehicle (SPV) company, known as NANONASENI and the NASENI CertVeri System, would lead to revenue generation for the country and boost the sector’s contribution to the nation’s GDP, among other benefits.
“They need to also join in conceptualising the initiative; this is important because we all want all critical stakeholders to have a sense of belonging,” added Abdullahi while lauding President Buhari administration for promoting ICT as part of efforst to diversify the economy.
According to the Executive Vice Chairman and CEO, NASENI, Prof. Mohammed Sani Haruna, the agency intends to develop and launch the NASENI CertVeri System so as to offer professional and integrated skill certification to Nigerians as well as to provide a window for document verification services accessible anywhere, anytime. Succh services are particcurly imported in embassies and other institutions across the globe.
Prof. Haruna explained that the system would provide integration between NASENI and selected MDAs for relevant data sharing.
“The purpose of helping other organizations or institutions verify documents and authenticate them for persons in real-time is because it will deploy IoT to eliminate document faking and enhance credibility and authenticity.”
