Federal Government Launches Online Portal

The Federal Government of Nigeria has launched a government services online portal which is aimed at forestalling transparency and make governance more effective.
The website address is http://www.services.gov.ng.

The Minister of Communications Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson, who launched the portal in Abuja, said it was in line with the mandate to deploy ICT to drive transparency in governance and improve the quality of public service delivery.

She added that it is one of the flagship projects of the Ministry aimed at enabling Nigerians to access government services.

Mrs. Johnson emphasised that government recognise that e-government offers, not just a new technology, but also a mechanism of transforming the way the government operates.
She gave examples of nations that have taken this route of creating government service portal to include the United states, Britain, Canada, India, Singapore, South Africa, Kenya.