The move according to the government agencies that are involved in the project is an effort aimed at bringing about technological advancement of the FCT.
The establishment of the ICT hub is being undertaken by the National Information Technology Development Agency(NITDA) and Abuja Enterprise Agency(AEA). Both agencies reached agreement following a courtesy by Mallam Arabi Tukur, the executive chairman of AEA agency to the headquarter of NITDA in abuja.
The hub is expected to become the IT and innovation hub for the northern region of the country.
Tukur said it is high time the agency and NITDA came together to consider the establishment of the hub.
According to Tukur, there are facilities in the hub for IT innovation adding that his agency could avail the parties the office complex that could be used for the take off of the hub.
Responding, Peter Jack the Director General of NITDA said the agency would partner with AEA to explore some of the opportunities presented.
Acknowledging the investment of ICT in entrepreneurship the DG said the relationship between NITDA and AEA has been nurtured over time and it is high time it became beneficial to the country at large.
Source: Innovation Village
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