Stories By Laju Iren

The Minister of Communications Barr. Adebayo Shittu ,  and his counter part, for Science & Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu  are  expected to speak at the national summit on Information Management hosted by the Institute of Information Management (IIM) holding soon.

According to  President / Chairman Governing Council, Institute of Information Management (IIM) Africa, Amb (Dr.) Oyedokun Oyewole, going by the present economic realities, the National Summit on information management has become a National emergency following the duplicity of data in various Government agencies, which in itself is costly and difficult to manage.

His words: “In this era of change, we must recognize that governments alone cannot improve the situation in the country. To achieve our collective goals as a Nation, we need to bring key stakeholders together across the country, from the private sector, to civil society, to government.

If we do not work together, the situation just won’t change. Various stakeholders need to understand their roles and responsibilities on how we can harness information to better help improve the economy.”

Oyewole described information management as complex and overwhelming but noted that as Nation, the country needed to understand its essence for countless of reasons. He said that there are so many tasks, information sources, questions, critical connections and processes involved.