ICT Capacity: Public Service Institute Partners Firm

• ICT Capacity: Public Service Institute Partners Firm

The Public Service Institute of Nigeria says it is collaborating with a private Information Technology firm, HIIT Plc, to build the ICT capacity of public servants across Ministries, Departments and Agencies.

A statement issued by the Head, Press and Public Relations Unit, at the PSIN, Ekaete Umo, said the HIIT would also offer free ICT training to wards of public officials working with the agency.

Umo said, “The PSIN is a management development institute with a mandate to provide competency-based and demand-driven training to public servants, using information and cutting-edge technology services in order to enhance their professional, technical, managerial and leadership capabilities.

“In line with the transformation process of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation as contained in the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan, the Administrator/CEO of PSIN, Dr Abdul-Ganiyu Obatoyinbo, is repositioning the institute to key into the transformation process and play a leading role in the achievement of the strategic plan of the Head of Service.”

He said in acknowledgement of the pivotal role the IT had to play in driving the present day economy, Obatoyinbo had established collaborative partnerships with relevant organisations to promote organisational excellence and long-life learning in the public service.

Umo said one of such strategic partnerships had been forged with HIIT Plc in order to boost the capacity of public servants in strategic areas of Information Technology.

He added, “As part of its corporate social responsibility, HIIT Plc is also offering free tuition (fee) training in digital literacy worth N5m to children and wards of the PSIN staff. The scholarship covers 160 participants.

“By this gesture, HIIT is ‘catching them young’ and helping to build the capacity of participants in Information Technology to enable them to have a solid base to launch them into the technology-driven age.”

Umo said with a solid foundation in the IT, the beneficiaries of the training programme would smoothly key into the e-government policy of the Federal Government.