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VENO NEWS:Digitalisation Of Security Agencies Is Paramount - Aregbesola
Date: 23-06-21

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola said for the country to get things right with the security challenges in Nigeria, digitalization of intelligence gathering and monitoring is the best approach.

He emphasized that the world had gone past the manual process of operation as it is still being done in Nigeria presently.

Responding at the IT Audit Presentation on the Ministry of Interior and its Agencies to the Minister by Mr. Folusho Philips, Chairman of Philips Consult, Aregbesola pledged that he would make sure his Ministry put the necessary efforts and tools in place to ensure maximum capacity building for digitalization in the Ministry and the agencies under his watch.

He said â€œWhat distinguished the individual is how he can challenge and overcome situationsâ€. He advised that Nigerian leaders should put in all their best to overcome the security challenges facing the country to distinguish the country to meet world digital standard.

The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr Shuaib Belgore, mentioned that significant efforts have already commenced to fully digitalize operations in the Ministry. He stated that the Electronic Data Management System which would ensure digitalization of file records and implementation of the Human Resource Module of the IPPIS are set to take off in the Ministry. He however emphasized the need for more funding to be appropriated to further strengthen the Ministryâ€™s Information Technology backbone.

The presentation identified that the Ministry and its agencies are yet to update in the digital worldâ€™s standard and needed to braze up to the world acceptable practices in the quest to curb insecurity and bring peace to the Nation.

The Directors commended the Ministerâ€™s initiative and efforts to see that insecurity is a thing of the past in Nigeria.

Present during the presentation are the Permanent Secretary, Directors in the Ministry, representatives of the agencies and the delegation of Philips Consultant.

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