Obaro, SystemSpecs Boss is IT Personality of the Year 2013

The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), the nation’s foremost network of Information Technology (IT) practitioners and stakeholders has declared Mr. John Tani Obaro,  managing director/chief executive officer of SystemSpecs, as the IT Personality of the year.

The award was received on his behalf by one of Mrs. Eunice Ikekhuah, company’s executive directors; at the annual National Information Technology Merit Award (NITMA) event in Lagos on Friday 13th December 2013.

NITMA is an annual event geared towards rewarding and celebrating the brightest and the best in Nigeria’s Information Technology (IT) community.

The special award which is the most important, credible and recognized in the Information and Communications Technology sector was conferred on Mr. Obaro in recognition of his excellent and tremendous contributions to the development and deployment of Information Technology in the country and the Diaspora.

Professional fellowships were also conferred on deserving members at the event in addition to other high profile events.

Obaro has nurtured SystemSpecs from a 5-man Partner Agent of Systems Union, UK in 1992 to become the provider of HumanManager, the most widely deployed indigenous human capital software solution and Remita, the most innovative and acceptable financial remittance solution not only in Nigeria but also within the West African sub-regional market.

These homegrown products are synonymous with the trademark for highest quality business software solutions most sought after in Nigeria today.

The tons of indigenous, regional and international awards with which SystemSpecs has been conferred since inception attest to its all-round exceptional success.      

 A philanthropist of no mean accomplishments, IT entrepreneur and youth empowerment promoter, Obaro is fiercely committed to issues that promote advancement of local software development. He continues to empower university graduates for gainful employment, finance undergraduate students’ scholarships and support religious and socio‐cultural organizations with genuine discernible focus on cogent national development initiatives.

Obaro has served and still serves on the boards of the Ministerial Advisory Council on Information and Communication Technology, Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN), Nigerian Information Technology Policy Drafting Committee, Governing Council of the National ICT Incubation Programme, and much more.