Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has expressed the desire of his government to partner with Galaxy Backbone to facilitate work on the National Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Infrastructural project.
The Project is aimed at linking all Federal Government Ministries, Agencies and Parastatals to ICT network, thereby providing a platform for e-government.
The Minister, who received in audience, the Managing Director of Galaxy Backbone, Engineer Yusuf Kazaure, in his office in Abuja, said that the partnership would enable the FCT administration to benefit immensely from the scheme.
“We would strengthen the partnership with your organization because it’s all part of a national network that is going to be of immense benefit to all.”
Muhammad Bello, who described the FCT as one of the important beneficiaries of the scheme said, the Territory already has infrastructure on ground for some of the components, such as
telecommunication ducts. He said that all Ministries, Agencies and Departments across board will be linked to enhance the smooth running of government.
“Taking into account that in the FCT, you don’t probably need to break a lot of ground and do a lot of physical activity because the infrastructure for duct is already there, we will partner with your team to make sure that it is deployed properly.”
The minister said that adequate maintenance and security would be provided for the entire duct system to ensure that unscrupulous elements do not unduly tamper them with.
According to him, due to the number of organizations, both public and private that are involved in the system, there is the need for each organization to be properly indexed, identified and coded, so that they are protected and easily sorted in the event that there is need for maintenance.
The minister appealed to Galaxy Backbone to ensure that the FCTA is allocated enough data for its activities, adding that the company should find time to look at its systems and to
enhance what is available, based on the existing infrastructure before the national one is deployed.
Earlier, the Managing Director of Galaxy Backbone, Engineer Yusuf Kazaure said that the scheme is aimed at ensuring transparency, better collaboration and cost effectiveness of running government.
The scheme, he added, is also meant to create a platform that is suitable for e-government, adding: “we have a robust relationship with the FCT Administration.
“We provide significant amount of service to different departments and offices. However, we seek the opportunity to strengthen the partnership further to ensure that the gains we have made are not eroded based on issues we may not be aware of. So we seek this opportunity to collect
positive feedback to enable us enhance the quality of our service delivery.” [myad]
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