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| Brig-General Ibrahim (Centre) |
Brig-General Ibrahim’s address at the 2018 ICT Desk Officers training workshop on May 16, 2019 at the Conference Hall, NYSC National Directorate Headquarters, Abuja.
Protocol
It
is my pleasure to address you on this occasion of the 2018 ICT Desk Officers’ training
workshop. This programme is in furtherance of Management’s commitment to
building staff capacity for enhanced performance. I find the programme
gratifying because it reflects one of the focal areas on my agenda for the
Scheme, which is to pursue a technologically-driven organisation.
The
ICT Department as we are all aware, is saddled with the responsibility of
digitalising NYSC activities in order to reinforce efficiency, transparency and
accountability in our operations. Management recognises your crucial role in
this regard, hence the priority on your training and capacity building. The
theme of the workshop,”Enhancing ICT Desk Officers’ Operations on the NYSC
Integrated System (NIS) is in line with Modern Information Technology (IT)
Innovations” is therefore apt and timely.
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Given the fluidity of modern technology and frequency of updates on the NYSC
Integrated System, there is need for regular catch-up to ensure seamless
operation of the platform. Accordingly, this
workshop will expose you to some of the fastest innovations in the IT
world through a lecture titled: New Technologies and Cyber Security Implications
(Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Drones)”. There is
a constant revolutionary shift in the way the world works, especially
with digital high-speed machines now performing
many human functions. NYSC therefore, cannot afford to be left behind by this
fast moving technology train.
I
am happy to note that we have, through the NYSC Integrated System, made giant
strides in this regard. These include
the introduction of the biometric verification of Corps members to curb
absenteeism and fraud, online registration of prospective Corps members,
verification of prospective Corps members during registration on camp, Senate
upload module for Corps-Producing Institutions, automation of the printing of Certificate
of National Service and Exemption Certificate, amongst others. Without doubt, these are the result of hard
work, dedication and commitment of ICT Department as well as our technical
partner. I urge you to work relentlessly towards the ultimate goal of
perfection in the discharge of responsibilities.
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My dear participants, while acknowledging that our ability to keep pace with
the current trends has brought about improvement in the Scheme’s operations, we
must not lose sight of cyber security threats such as data breaches, human
errors, malicious insiders’
activities and account hacking,
amongst others. It is hoped that this
training will equip you with requisite knowledge for the protection of
computers, networks, programmes and data from unauthorised access and attacks.
At
this juncture, I wish to assure you of Management’s support at all times for
the successful discharge of your assignments. Similarly, I urge you to
rededicate yourselves to duty and shun all forms of malpractices so that our
common organisational goals will be achieved.
Let
me also seize this opportunity to appreciate our Technical Partner, SIDMACH
Technologies Ltd for your commitment and readiness to provide state-of-art ICT
solutions for the Scheme. In the same
vein, I commend the Guest Lecturer for accepting to share his wealth of
experience with our staff for the
benefit of the Scheme. I am confident
that at the end of this engagement, the participants will be better informed
and more equipped for the discharge of their duties.
On
this note, it is my pleasure to declare the 2018 ICT Desk Officers’ training
workshop Open.
Thank
you and God bless.
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NB: Senseman
Publishers’ comment:
Like
a lesson planner, the DG stated the specific objective of the work at the end
of the training: “at the end of this engagement, participants will be better
informed and more equipped for the discharge of their duties”.
The
digitalisation of the NYSC surely reduces human errors and malicious insiders’
activities. The Senate upload module for corps producing institutions wipes away cases of forged results; biometric
registration of corps members ensures that fake corps members have no place in
the reformed Scheme. No wonder, the brand new NYSC has made many arrests of charlatans.
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