Digital technology, a veritable tool in combating National Insecurity – DG NITDA

The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi CCIE said that warfare is no longer physical and therefore imperative for the Nigerian Army to embrace and adopt 21st century military infrastructures and technology in enhancing National Security.

The Director General made this call today when he received the Chief of Defence Communications of the Nigerian Army, Major General Elvis Njoku and his team who were at the Corporate headquaters of the Agency to seek collaboration with the aim of improving military operations.

Abdullahi said that the collaboration is necessary in addressing the current insecurity challenge faced by the country. He asserted that it is important for the Nigerian Army to measure up with the global modernized military infrastructures which will help them in achieving their mandate.

The Director General said that NITDA was established to implement National IT Policy but the Federal Government has recently replaced the policy with the National Digital Economic Policy and Strategy for a Digital Nigeria. “Digital transformation is about using digital technology to enhance existing traditional processes and using it as a source of inspiration to come up with a new value proposition” the DG noted.

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Mallam Abdullahi stated that technology has affected every aspect which includes security. “It is important to know how to use technology not just as an enabler but a strategic design for your strategy in general which will inspire you to do more” he said.

The Director General said that the data resource of any organization regardless of their size or business activities otherwise known as Ubiquitous data which gives information about everything you want to know and how to use them, Connectivity, in which individuals can connect and communicate with anything such as smart cars, televisions, home appliances and Computing processing power are important parameters that Digital Technology has brought.

“When you talk about Defence and Intelligence, you need to have data, identify the enemy and have a technical know how of targeting them with minimal collateral damage” the DG averred.

The Director General said the Agency’s focus is improving on how things are being done using technology and innovations by creating an enabling environment and an innovation ecosystem which will allow a smooth digitized process.