President Muhammadu Buhari has directed government officials to refrain from using private emails for official purposes.
He also ordered all federal public institutions to migrate their websites to the relevant government domains.
The president made this known through his special adviser on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, on Thursday, February 2.
“I hereby direct all government officials to refrain from using private emails for official purposes,” Buhari said.
The president also welcomed the recent deployment of Starlink services by SpaceX in Nigeria.
Buhari added that the country now has 100 percent broadband penetration.
He said that, “We are glad that Starlink services are already deployed in Nigeria. This has made Nigeria the first and only African country to have this link.
“With the deployment of Starlink services in Nigeria, we have 100 percent broadband penetration in Nigeria.”
According to him, Nigeria’s digital economy has been the most booming sector in the diversification of the economy, saving the federal government over N45.7 billion in IT projects clearance.
The president further noted that the nation’s strides toward a thriving digital economy began on October 17, 2019, when he redesigned the ministry of communications and digital economy and restructured its mandate.
Buhari stated that, “We are proud of the great strides made by our digital economy sector and its impact on the different sectors of our economy.
“I commend the honourable minister for being committed to implementing the digital economy mandate.
“As part of our commitment towards ensuring the sustainability of our gains in the digital economy sector, we have taken steps to institutionalize the process by developing relevant policies and strategies.
“In the last three and a half years, we have intensified the development of policies, design of programmes and implementation of projects in the digital economy sector and the impact has been very impressive.
“For example, we have succeeded in diversifying our economy to a large extent, and this is obvious when we consider the contribution of the ICT sector to our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the second quarter of 2022 which stood at 18.44 percent, compared to the contribution of the oil sector to the GDP which was 6.33 percent in the same period,” he added.
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