Imoke, Oduoza, others for ISPON President’s dinner
By Nnamdi Ojiego
LAGOS – Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke is to chair the annual President’s Dinner of the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, ISPON, scheduled for today, at the Annex Exployere Restaurant of Federal Palace Hotel, NEW WING, Lagos.
According to the President of ISPON, Mr Chris Uwaje, the choice of Imoke was because his passion for Software Engineering Development and Promotion is unparallel amongst the current state Governors in the country.
He said the President’s Dinner offered an executive forum for key stakeholders in the software ecosystem of developers, consumers, regulators, policy-makers, related professionals and other interest groups, to interact and get feedback on issues affecting the new sector.
Uwaje noted that ISPON had been consistent in saying that the hope for national development lied in engaging the challenges posed by the emerging economy of the knowledge society. “Our focus is on promoting awareness on the imperative for developing Nigeria’s indigenous software development potential and innovative capacity as a national priority.
“It is hoped that by exposing the issues, establishing the strategic relevance of the sub-sector in meeting the challenges of national growth and prosperity; and providing a continuous platform for interaction and articulation of industry’s needs amongst a diverse target audience, a specific momentum can be built to create an enabling environment for the growth of the sub-sector,” he assured.
