Nigerian Govt begins deployment of digital tech to enhance agricultural development

The Federal Government has started deploying digital technologies to enhance Nigeria’s agricultural development to ensure food security in the country.

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja.

Receiving the Standard Operating Procedures, (SOPs), documents from the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr Ernest Umakhihe, the minister said it had become imperative to operate on that scale for more efficiency and productivity.

In his words, “This is in a bid to key into a technology-driven work process and procedure according to best global practices.

“To achieve a dynamic Civil Service, Government has considered it pertinent to have laid down operating standards, hence the adoption of SOPs, which would significantly bring about an effective system of service delivery not only in the Ministry of Agric but service-wide.”

Abubakar said that the document is also a guide for the employee work process toward the full operationalization of the Enterprise Content Management with the mandate to digitalize records and automation workflow in the Ministry.

He also commended the efforts of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Esan and her team for the laudable reforms going on in the Civil Service.

The Minister also encouraged management and staff to embrace the initiative and take it seriously in their various tasks, as the SOPs are globally recognised documents that provide the step-by-step instructions compiled to assist all officers in the service to perform their operational tasks accurately and effectively.