ABUJA — The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has held a one-day capacity-building workshop on Information Technology (IT) Contract Management for legal officers of parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy (FMCIDE), in a bid to boost institutional competence and transparency in Nigeria’s digital sector.
NITDA Workshop on IT Contract Management Targets Transparency and Effective Governance
The workshop, hosted in Abuja, was designed to deepen participants’ expertise in procurement procedures, negotiation strategies, compliance frameworks, and dispute resolution mechanisms within IT contracting.
Representing the Director-General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa, the Director of Regulations and Compliance, Barrister Emmanuel Edet, underscored the pivotal role IT contracts play in governance and digital service delivery.
“Digital transformation is no longer an ambition but a necessity. The agreements guiding technology adoption and deployment carry long-term consequences for Nigeria’s development,” he noted.
He further emphasized that IT contracts must remain technologically sound, legally robust, commercially fair, and strategically aligned with institutional mandates. Inuwa also urged participants to see the programme as more than just training but as a platform for reform and collaboration.
“Let this event be more than a training. It should be a prompt for collaboration, a forum for critical thinking, and a commencement for institutional reform,” he charged.
The participants — drawn from law, technology, finance, and administration — were commended for their commitment to strengthening Nigeria’s public contracting standards.
The workshop also provided an avenue for networking and peer learning, with participants exchanging ideas and proposing practical solutions to common challenges in IT contract management. Many attendees described the programme as timely, given the increasing complexity of technology agreements and the need for clear legal safeguards in the country’s evolving digital economy.
Through this initiative, NITDA has once again reaffirmed its leadership in driving Nigeria’s digital transformation agenda. The training aligns with the Agency’s mandate of capacity building, equipping legal officers with the expertise required to ensure transparent, effective, and innovative technology contracting practices across ministries, departments, and agencies.
The programme is expected to enhance institutional processes, improve public service delivery, and contribute to Nigeria’s sustainable development goals.
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