NCC partners NITRA on ICT conference

The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) and CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr Aminu Maida, will lead stakeholders to the fourth edition of the NITRA ICT Growth Conference of the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA).

The event, which is scheduled to be held in Lagos tomorrow has its theme as ‘Impact of AI On National Development: Prospects, Policies, and Challenges in Nigeria’.

Maida will lead industry regulators and decision-makers in the various ICT subsectors, both in the private and public sectors, to discuss issues that will engender growth in the industry, and further position it as the nation’s economic driver.

Speaking at the event, the Chairman, NITRA, Chike Onwuegbuchi, noted: “The theme of this year’s conference is aimed at complementing the various efforts by governments and private sector operators towards a digitalised Nigeria, especially in the area of Artificial Intelligence.”

The event targets to bring stakeholders in the ICT industry to discuss and find ways of accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) growth in the industry as a means of achieving laudable federal government-set targets and policies, including those recorded in policy documents by the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, the NCC and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA).

These documents include NITDA’s Strategic Roadmap and Action Plan (SRAP 2024-2027)2.0; the National Policy for the Promotion of Indigenous Content (NPPIC); The National Telecommunications Policy; the Nigerian National Broadband Plan (NNBP) 2020-2025; and National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS).

Under its ‘NITRA ICT Growth Conference’, which seeks to bring a multi-sectorial development agenda, NITRA is organising a multi-panel interactive conference that will look at the themes that include: ‘Driving Sub-Sectoral Digital Growth with Artificial Intelligence’ and ‘Navigating the Dangers of AI in a Developing Economy: Role of Public, Private Stakeholders’.