Lagos — In the past few years the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has placed the issue of the development of indigenous IT Capacity in the front burner and preached it fervently as a religious doctrine.
With indigenous software development as the main focus, NCS has succeeded in getting both the public and private sectors of the economy to react positively to the campaign. The President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo himself reacted first with his famous " I want software!" exclamation during the presentation to him of Omatek brand of computers. The setting up of a Software Task Force by the Ministry of Science and Technology followed this almost immediately. From the private sector came Zenith Bank, which is currently sponsoring a private initiative in this direction while Zinox Technologies Limited has announced plans to do the same.
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