The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, HoSF, Folasade Yemi-Esan, has insisted that Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, of the Federal Government have no excuse not to digitalise their operations by 2024.
The MDAs have been given a target to digitalise operations by 2025, as stipulated in the Federal Civil Service and Strategy and Implementation Plan, 2021-2025 (FCSSIP25).
The HoSF spoke at a one-day retreat on Digitalisation for the Head of Service and Permanent Secretaries, on Tuesday, in Abuja.
Situating the theme ‘Towards the Digitalisation of the Public Service by 2025’, the HoSF stressed that all the FCSSIP25 pillars are anchored on digitalisation, insisting that for the Service to run with these pillars, it must digitalise its work processes.
She urged MDAs to leverage on technology to drive the national goals of the Renewed Hope Agenda of the present administration.
Yemi-Esan expressed dissatisfaction that Nigeria is lagging behind in terms of digitalisation, as 90 per cent of governments of the world have since gone digital and are presently deploying Artificial Intelligence, AI, solutions.
Emphasizing the gains of going digital, such as reduction in cost of governance, waste reduction, as well as the provision of information at the backend with saved data, she urged MDAs to ensure uniformity and interoperability of data in order to achieve common set goals.