• Nigerian Government has adopted a national policy on Information and Communication Technologies and is prepared to integrate to Agriculture, Health, Education etc
• Government has also enacted a National Telecommunications Act and an independent regulatory body
• The Federal Government launched data and research satellite in 2003 and approved plans to launch communications satellite in 2006
• NITDA, in the last 2 years, has established the platform for ICT development, significant G2G awareness and set up basis for eGovernment initiatives in Nigeria
• Nigerian Government has adopted Private-Public Partnership of a tripartite Joint Venture registered as National eGovernment Strategies Limited, NeGSt comprising Government (5%), Consortium of Banks (15%) and a Strategic Partner (80%).

Mandate of the Joint Venture

To create a practical strategy and a single architecture to guide the evolution of digital government solutions with consistent standards, operating platforms and applications across agencies and government systems