The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami has called for expanded support of Made-in-Nigeria items by Nigerians.
Pantami said this has gotten essential as Nigeria moves to enthrone a computerized economy in the country. The Minister said this during a visit through the office of SecureID in Lagos at the end of the week.
SecureID Limited is an ensured smartcard producing plant in sub-Saharan Africa and is fit for assembling a wide range of cards including profoundly complex polycarbonate cards.
Pantami, who was represented by the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, likewise saw the SecureID accreditation by the Global System for Mobile media communications Association (GSMA).
He encouraged Nigerians to belittle the organization’s items that fulfill similar global guidelines to their partners abroad.
What the Minster had to say
In his words “We must patronize our own products produced to the same international standards by such companies. I think it is a testimony of the high standard that they have set in the way and manner they produce their solutions.
Besides, Pantami said with the GSMA certification, there is an opportunity to create more jobs.
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“The certification from GSMA, coupled with the level of local content exhibited by Secure ID in the local production of Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card, in line with government policy on local content development, would enhance job creation in Nigeria,” he stated.
Hearing from SecureID
On her part, the Chief Executive Officer of SecureID, KofoAkinkugbe, clarified that parcel speculations, particularly in the space of assets and labor went into the organization’s capacity to pack the GSMA accreditation.
“We are glad to have the Minister Isa Patani addressed by the Executive bad habit administrator of the NCC, Prof. Danbata to have come to dispatch above all else the GSMA confirmation that we have recently gotten and furthermore to open and dispatch our computerized arrangement.
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“They went route around the production line. I think they saw that locally and in Nigeria the creation of brilliant cards is conceivable at the greatest”.
“They were extremely intrigued with what they saw and we took them around every one of the quality conventions and we likewise have them comprehend what the GSMA affirmation implies, subsequent to doing that on similar cards.
“We are very happy to have the Minister Isa Patani represented by the Executive vice chairman of the NCC, Prof. Danbata to have come to launch first of all the GSMA certification that we have just received and also to open and launch our digital solution.
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“They went way around the factory. I think they saw that locally and in Nigeria the production of smart cards is possible at the highest quality”.
“They were very impressed with what they saw and we took them around all the quality protocols and we also have them understand what the GSMA certification means, after doing that on the same cards.
“We then took them to the subsidiary of the digital company called SIB Digital to look at the several digital solutions that we have in our portfolio.
“We are very pleased and ours is a local company that will continue to preach quality, we will continue to show that in Nigeria, certain things are possible, and we are able to provide jobs for people.
“We are able to have the technologies initiated in Nigeria and we can only speak for all local manufacturers who have taken that investment to invest in the manufacturing company here to also be encouraged
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