The Federal Ministry of Setting has formally joined Nigeria’s digital transformation drive with the launch of the Galaxy Spine 1Government Cloud Digitalisation Programme
Throughout the flag-off ceremony in Abuja, the Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, described the initiative as a milestone in modernising environmental governance and advancing Nigeria’s sustainability objectives by means of expertise.
“Digitalisation is now not non-compulsory; it’s a necessity. By means of the Galaxy Spine 1Government Cloud, we’re enabling data-driven environmental administration, eliminating paperwork, decreasing operational prices, and immediately chopping carbon emissions,” he mentioned.
He added that the challenge would improve transparency, promote evidence-based policymaking, and enhance service supply to residents.
In Could 2024, GBB offered its formidable imaginative and prescient to digitise 70 per cent of federal authorities providers by 2025. On the coronary heart of this imaginative and prescient is the 1Government Cloud (1Gov) framework, a software-and infrastructure resolution designed to convey Ministries, Departments and Companies (MDAs) right into a unified digital setting.
Along with service supply, there was a powerful emphasis on knowledge sovereignty, making certain that Nigeria retains management over its personal digital belongings quite than counting on international platforms or infrastructure. This positioned 1Gov not simply as a expertise instrument, however as a part of a broader nationwide autonomy agenda.
By September, the initiative had moved from imaginative and prescient into the roll-out section. A number of MDAs, together with the Ministries of Strong Minerals, Metal Growth, Overseas Affairs, Justice and Intergovernmental Affairs, had begun onboarding the 1Gov platform underneath the Sovereign Digitalisation Programme.
The Everlasting Secretary, Mahmud Adam Kambari, counseled the Minister for championing the transition to a paperless authorities. He additionally praised the Galaxy Spine (GBB) 1Government Cloud Workforce, led by Mr. Wumi Oghoetuoma, for offering a safe and indigenous digital platform for presidency operations.
Oghoetuoma, who serves as Programme Director of the 1Government Cloud Digitalisation initiative, described the programme as a daring stride in Africa’s digital transformation journey.
“The Galaxy 1Government Programme is main public sector digitalisation in Africa, for Africa, by Africa. This isn’t nearly expertise; it’s about defending our digital future and sovereignty,” he mentioned.
Dr. Sam Nwosu, CEO of Secured Data Administration Options Ltd, praised the challenge as proof of Nigeria’s means to develop world-class digital infrastructure and a significant step towards technological self-reliance.
