The Ogun State Government has reiterated its resolve to ensure that digital technology is adopted to drive the state’s developmental agenda.
Governor Dapo Abiodun said this would be achieved by opening a pathway for discovery of technological talents among youth, and nurturing and empowering same in order to place Ogun on a global map of innovations in the digital world.
Abiodun stressed this while declaring open the 2023 Ogun Tech Summit, tagged: ‘Disruptive Innovation: Digital Technology for Sharing the Future’.
DAILY POST reports that the two-day event which held in Abeokuta had in attendance technology experts, disruptors, creators, innovators, start-ups and tech enthusiasts.
According to the governor, “Ogun is working towards becoming Nigeria’s Silicon valley by giving support to technology-driven professionals across the State.”
Abiodun said his administration would also take advantage of information communication technology (ICT) initiatives with a view to attracting more investors into the State.
The governor, who was represented by the Special Adviser on ICT, Dayo Abiodun, disclosed that “Ogun State has embraced Information Technology through the creation of Ogun TechHub that has helped to identify the best brains in ICT.”
The TechHub, he said, has become “a platform to harness youths’ IT knowledge, and other initiatives such as learners’ certificate numbers, digital curriculum, and infrastructure in the education sector, which are now done digitally”.
Earlier, the convener of the Tech Summit, Ayoola Olaniyi, said the event was put together five years ago with a view to ensuring that Ogun State takes the front row in digital and technology talents hunt and also to chart a new course for advancement in line with global best practices.
