E-Business
Edo State Public Servants Become First Beneficiaries of NEDWS
Edo state has made history as the first state in Nigeria to officially launch the Nigerian Employees Digital Welfare Scheme (NEDWS), the most credible source of genuine quality ICT and lifestyle products.
This is in line with the promise made by Mr. Mukoro Emomine, managing director of Buyright Africa, to Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, governor of Edo State, during the high profile national launch of NEDWS at the prestigious Transcorp Hilton, in Abuja late last year.
At the formal launch in Benin, capital of Edo State, in public servants smiled home with digital equipment ranging from laptops to phones and household appliances from Buyright Africa.
The launch in Edo State which was attended by prominent citizens in the State including Yemi Keri, executive director, Directorate of Information Technology; T.U Okuodoh permanent secretary; Ayo. S Iriaye, director of Finance & Administration and many public servants who gathered to embrace or witness the new and easiest way to equipment ownership through a partnership with NEDWS.
Emomine, told Keri in her office that NEDWS is an initiative capable of boosting IT penetration in the country.
She promised to extend this opportunity of owning genuine quality products with a convenient payment plan to the teachers and every Ministry in the State.
According to Yemi, the programmers will design a registration form that will be hosted on the State’s website to enable intending beneficiaries complete the form and select any product of their choice.
In his remarks, Emomine, congratulated the first set of beneficiaries and encouraged other public servants of Edo State to embrace these life style products and enhance their positioning to benefit from the information age.
He observed that the Central Bank of Nigeria’s cashless policy would soon go nationwide and the micro finance schemes would become a way of life in Nigeria.
The time, he said, to begin to build a credit culture and a responsible attitude to financial commitments is now.
According to Mukoro, several States are in touch with Buyright Africa on how their public servants can also be part of this digital exercise and plans are already in place to launch in some of these States in the next few weeks.
He urged other government parastatals, agency, and private organizations to take advantage of this scheme for their employees to enjoy a minimum standard of living while working hard to improve productivity, wealth creation, networking and fraud reduction.
Buyright Africa a digital lifestyle company recently launched the Nigerian Employees Digital Welfare Scheme (NEDWS) in Abuja with the Oshiomhole, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, deputy speaker House of Representatives, Federal Republic of Nigeria; Omobola Johnson, minister of Communications Technology; Leo Stan Ekeh, chairman of the Zinox Group; Ibrahim Omar, president, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Permanent Secretaries from various Ministries, Commissioners from various States in attendance.
Buyright Africa Dotcom- technology division was launched in partnership with an international finance group as a credible platform for execution and funding of ICT projects – ICT equipment Leasing , ICT Equipment Ownership schemes and all ICT related LPO financing in Africa.
The company provides access to technology at all levels by offering quality and affordable ICT brands with the convenience of payment.
Gartner predicts that by 2028, 75 percent of enterprise software engineers will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) code assistants, up from less than 10 percent, currently.
According to a Gartner poll of 598 global respondents conducted in the third quarter of 2023, 63 percent of organisations are now testing, deploying, or have previously implemented AI code assistants.
AI code assistants provide for more capabilities than only code development and completion, notes the research firm.
According to Gartner, the use of AI code assistants can lead to higher work satisfaction and retention, resulting in lower turnover costs.
Philip Walsh, senior principal analyst at Gartner, comments: “Software engineering leaders must determine ROI and build a business case as they scale their rollouts of AI code assistants.
“However, traditional ROI frameworks steer engineering leaders toward metrics centred on cost reduction. This narrow perspective fails to capture the full value of AI code assistants.”
Gartner notes that software engineering leaders must “reframe the ROI conversation from cost reduction to value generations”.
Walsh adds: “Calculating time savings on code generation is a good place to begin building a more robust value story. To convey the full enterprise value story for AI code assistants, software engineering leaders should connect value enablers to impacts, and then analyse the overall return to the organisation.”
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that the planned national ID card will be issued to applicants by their banks.
NIMC said it is working with the Nigerian Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) to deliver the cards to applicants.
“The card will be issued through the applicants’ respective banks in line with existing protocols with the issuance of the Debit/Credit cards,” the agency said at the weekend update on its official X handle.
KEY FACTS ABOUT THE PROPOSED NEW GENERAL MULTIPURPOSE NATIONAL IDENTITY CARD
- The new National ID Card is a single, convenient, and General multipurpose card (GMPC) , eliminating the need for multiple cards—not three.
- The single GMPC has multiple use cases:…
— NIMC (@nimc_ng) April 12, 2024
It said applicants need to request their cards with their NIN “through the self-service online portal, NIMC offices, or their respective banks”.
“The card will be powered by the AFRIGO card scheme, an indigenous scheme powered by NIBSS,” NIMC said.
“The card can be picked up by holders at the designated center or delivered to the applicants at the requested location at an extra cost to be borne by the applicants,” the update read.
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that the new national Identity card, powered by AfriGo Card, is a single card with multiple services.
NIMC made the clarification against the confusion and criticisms that have trailed the AfriGo Card , touted as a National Domestic Card Scheme.
NIMC is launching the AfriGo Card, in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement System (NIBSS), and has had appointed SecureID, a Lagos headquartered company to manufacture the Card Scheme
Making clarification on the card, Kayode Adegoke, head of Corporate Communications of the NIMC, said the General multipurpose card (GMPC) will eliminate the need for multiple cards.
“The new National ID Card is a single, convenient, and General multi-purpose card (GMPC), eliminating the need for multiple cards—not three.
“The single GMPC has multiple use cases: Payments/Financial, Government intervention/services, travel, etc.
“The National Identity Management Commission is working with the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigerian Interbank Settlement System to deliver the payment and financial use cases.
“The card will be powered by the AFRIGO card scheme, an indigenous scheme powered by NIBSS. Applicants for the card will have to request with their NIN through the self-service online portal, NIMC offices, or their respective banks.
“The card will be issued through the applicants’ respective banks, in line with existing protocols with the issuance of the Debit/Credit cards.
“The card can be picked up by holders at the designated centre or delivered to the applicants at the requested location at an extra cost to be borne by the applicants,” he said.
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