Tuesday, 28 May 2013
The Managing Director, Dragnet Solutions, Mr. Robert Ikazoboh has said that national development can be achieved with investment in technology.
Ikazoboh in a media parley held last week in Lagos said though government has done well with respect to deploying technology to advance national development, Tere is still more to be done.
“First we must give kudos to the government of the day because the authorities seem to realize the importance of technology. For example, if we look at the National Identification Number (NIN) project being championed by the National Identification Management Commission (NIMC), it is largely technology driven because the process will rely on biometrics.
“And then we have the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board adopting the computer based testing in this year’s examination which is a first in its history. All of this is good but we believe that we can still do more because technology offers us so much,” he said.
Other areas, according to him that the government can deploy technology for better performance will include the education sector and the recruitment process in the public sector.
“Government should consider adopting e-recruitment especially in the MDAs. If we had e-recruitment, we probably wouldn’t have had the recent controversies that trailed the recruitment process in MDAs. Dragnet Solutions has always maintained that the process is better, faster and most importantly, more credible than the manual mode of recruitment.” he said.
In the education sector, the Dragnet boss urged the government to adopt computer based testing in educational institutions across the country.
“JAMB deserves commendation for adopting CBT. But we shouldn’t just stop there. We must begin to familiarize our students with the concept of ICT. The best way to do this is to introduce CBT in our schools especially the secondary and tertiary institutions. Don’t forget that the process also has its advantages because it is more efficient and credible,” he said.
