The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in collaboration with Nihilent e-Governance Awards 2015 project has commenced at NITDA’s headquarters in Abuja, with a meeting by a committee made up of a representative from each of the departments and units of the agency led by Mr. Peter Jack, director general.
Mrs Hadiza Umar, acting head of Public Affairs at NITDA, said that the awards program will be featured at the eNigeria Conference Gala Night, which is an annual event of NITDA to bring together all the indigenous Information Technology companies in Nigeria to showcase their products and services and to develop a roadmap for a way forward for the sector.
“This award cuts across Information Technology based sectors ranging from State Government, Local Government, Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs), E-Governance Projects, Health, Education and Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs),” she said in a statement made available to Nigeria CommunicationsWeek.
According to Umar, “The NITDA-Nihilent Awards Committee team will work closely in the next three months to make this year’s program bigger and more eventful.
“The awards program will comprise of multiple phases, each phase building up to the final event.
“The team proposes to finalize the award categories and award criteria on the basis of which respondents will be assessed.
“The expression of interest (EOI) forms will soon be made available on the official NITDA portal for access to potential respondents. The respondents will be required to submit their responses online”.
The team, she added, also proposes to visit projects sites of identified entities to check the ground realities and interview the concerned ICT directors and other officials - all as part of the rigorous assessment process.
The results of the assessment will be declared on the second week of November, 2015.
The winner will be announced on the 19th November during the NITDA-Nihilent e-Governance Awards ceremony as part of the e-Nigeria conference.
NITDA, Nihilent e-Governance 2015 Awards to Recognize IT Nation Builders
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