Director General/CEO, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and Chief Information Technology Officer (CITO) of Nigeria; August 2019 – to date
- The chief executive and accounting officer of NITDA
- Responsible for the execution of Nigerian ICT policy and the day to day administration of the affairs of NITDA.
- Provide a sound, responsive and efficient regulatory environment.
- To develop fiscal mechanisms that quickly respond to the fast-changing needs of an IT based economy.
- Use favourable fiscal policies to ensure that Nigerian IT products and services are globally competitive.
- Encourage foreign and domestic private sectors investment to build information infrastructure and related assets and develop subsequent downmarket activities.
- Ensure that Information Technology resources are readily available to promote efficient national development.
- Guarantee that Nigeria benefits maximally and contributes meaningfully by providing the global solutions to the challenges of the Information Age.
- Empower Nigerians to participate in software and IT development.
- Encourage local production and manufacture of IT components in a competitive manner.
- Improve accessibility to public administration for all citizens, bringing transparency to government processes
- Establish and develop IT infrastructure and maximize its use nationwide. Provide leadership direction and vision to guide IT infrastructure development.
- Use IT as the major driving force to re-engineer and rapidly transform governance to interface with the needs of its citizenry by establishing transparent “Government Wide Information System (GWIS)” at national, state and local government levels.
- Promote IT Research and Development for sustainability, leapfrogging and competitiveness.
- Use IT to re-engineer agriculture for the purposes of maximizing food production, improving food self-sufficiency and security, increasing output for industrial raw material utilization, providing employment, economic growth and minimising environmental abuse and degradation.
- Develop digital master plans for digital government services.
- Create an enabling environment that empowers stakeholders in trade and commerce with the underlying infrastructure to improve productivity and positively position the nation for global competition.
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) – March 2017 – August 2019
Technical Assistant to the Director General/CEO
- Managed execution of strategy which has increased ICT contribution to Nigerian GDP by 13.36% in Q2 2018.
- Coordinated Local Content initiatives that has increased ICT local production by 230% in 2017.
- Overhauled IT clearance process and encouraged shared services among agencies. This has helped Federal Government saved 16Bn + NGN from IT projects.
- Oversaw procurement process that has reduced cost of major projects by 5 to 7% in two consecutive annual procurement.
- Managed project execution that has implemented 300+ IT infrastructure intervention.
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Jan. 2014 – Mar. 2017
The Apex bank of Nigeria.
Technology Architect
- Created Technology Architecture Repository that gives 360 view of the Bank’s IT infrastructure and easy decision on new IT investment.
- Executed software license rationalization which has saved 5m + USD for the Bank in license annual subscriptions.
- Developed IT standards for the Bank which has reduced mean time to deploy/integrate new system by 25%.
- Produced 7 Solution Architectures for critical IT initiatives that helped in achieving cashless society in Nigeria.
Galaxy Backbone, Abuja, Nigeria Jun. 2007 to Dec. 2013
The biggest IT and shared services provider of the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Senior Solution Architect – Lead, Technical Solution Design Team.
- Designed over 10 National IT systems that helped in promoting e-government deployment in Nigeria.
- Orchestrated solution architecture templates that reduces mean time to develop Enterprise Solution Architecture from 15 to 10 days.
- Designed National IP/MPLS backbone that successfully connected 500+ locations and integrated 150+ agencies in Nigeria.
Senior Network Engineer – Lead, IP Operations Team
- Streamlined support services and achieved 99.98% availability at the company’s core network infrastructure.
- Improved operational processes which led to wining UN Public Sector Award, for e-government.
- Mentored 3 subordinate to earn CCIE, the most prestigious network certification in the world.
IP Network Field Engineer
- Deployed 50+ Fibre optics locations in Abuja that expanded the company’s metro coverage by 35%.
- Led the team that installed more than 30% of the company’s broadband sites which made the company to be the largest broadband provider in the Northern Nigeria.
