The federal government says it expects collaboration within the public and private sectors to achieve 70 per cent digitalisation in Nigeria by 2025.

The government said this at the one-day 1Government Cloud Digitalisation Retreat for federal MDAs of government organised by Galaxy Backbone on Thursday in Abuja.

Galaxy boss Ibrahim Adeyanju said the agency’s vision was to improve citizen service delivery by providing a single “government service portal” that would provide access to services from all MDAs.

Mr Adeyanju said that Galaxy introduced the ‘1Government Cloud’, which combines infrastructure and software, to fulfil its mandate.

He said that as a “service framework,” it aimed to provide the federal MDAs with the software and secure data storage they required.

Mr Adeyanju stated that this would be through a standard unified interface following best practices to support the Federal Civil Service Strategy Implementation Plan 2025 (FCSSIP 25).

“This vision can only be achieved through the speedy digitalisation of the MDAs. For those of you who know us, you will agree with me that the newest entry to our cloud solutions is software as a service. The 1Government Cloud Software as a Service framework has been set up to enable the speedy digitalisation of the MDAs.

“In the bid to fulfil our mandate, we have evolved into a Cloud services and Integrated Technology Solution Company, with operations related to being an enabler, platform and aggregator of digital services,” he said.

Faruk Yabo, permanent secretary at the ministry of communications, innovation and digital economy, stressed the need for Nigeria to take charge of its “data sovereignty” to ensure sensitive national data was secured and saved.

“Data sovereignty rules must be wholly governed by Nigeria, ensuring that our sensitive national data is not subject to the regulations or access rights of other governments or foreign technology providers.

“This autonomy is crucial for maintaining the integrity and security of our national digital infrastructure,” he said.

Mr Yabo said that embracing digitisation through partnerships with local Nigerian companies would support the country’s economy and create jobs.

Mr Yabo said the civil Service handles sensitive information that requires secure and compliant software solutions, saying, ”So there is the need to partner with indigenous public and private sector players.”

(NAN)