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Nigeria gets Korea’s N2.4b for e-govt

Adebayo Shittu, Minister of Communication Technology

TVC E, BUSINESS – The Republic of Korea has spent N2.4 billion ($4.5million) on capacity building for e-government in Nigeria, minister of Communication Technology has said.

The money is expected to help develop the country’s e-government master plan, training centre and capacity development programme. It is to be spent between 2013 and 2018.

The project is being implemented by  the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).

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Already, 71 persons have participated in four previous exercises while seven people are undergoing a masters degree programme on e-government at KOOKMIN University, Korea.

Minister of Communications Technology, Adebayo Shittu, said e-government is important to strengthen transparency and accountability in government.

 Speaking during the opening ceremony of the  second in-country capacity development  programme with Project for capacity building of e-government in Nigeria as its theme, Adebayo noted that since the world and the people have gone digital, it has become imperative for governance to also go digital.
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