President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Communications Technology to work harder to fully develop the revenue-generation potential of Nigeria’s information technology sector.
Speaking after receiving a briefing from the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Dr. Tunji Olaopa, President Buhari also directed the ministry to bring forward for his consideration and approval, all pending proposals for the development of the country’s IT sector which require the approval of the Federal Executive Council.
Buhari in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said: “Where you don’t need EXCO approval and you are not in breach of the law and will not lose money, you can go ahead.
“Now that oil costs less and we are contending with its theft, we have to move to areas where we can realize revenue quickly.”
The President welcomed the plan by the ministry to use post offices across the country for IT and financial transactions especially in the rural communities, saying that he was happy to hear that “we are recovering the post offices from rats and rodents.”
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