MDAs urged to comply with circular on Galaxy Backbone
Jonah Iboma
All heads of ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government have been urged to ensure full compliance with the circular issued by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to patronise Galaxy Backbone Plc on telecommunication and information technology infrastructure matters.
Galaxy Backbone is a public firm set up by government to provide infrastructure for use by its agencies in order to reduce public sector expenditure on ICT.
According to a statement released on Monday by the firm, SGF, Ambassador Baba Gana Kingibe, gave the directive last week during a two-day interactive session between the firm and various government establishments and referred to a circular issued in 2007.
The circular had as reference number; SGF. OP/1/S.3/V11/870 dated June 18, 2007 titled “Guidelines for the procurement and implementation of bandwidth, network connectivity and other ICT infrastructure by Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies.”
Kingibe, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Special Duties, Office of the SGF, Dr. Safiya Mohammed, reiterated the need for compliance with the circular by all concerned, while delivering the keynote address at the event.
He said that the current administration had decided that there was an urgent need for a more strategic and coordinated approach to the acquisition and deployment of ICTs in the public sector.
According to the SGF, the circular containing the guidelines for the procurement of connectivity and other ICT infrastructure services by government organisations from Galaxy Backbone, a public enterprise of the Federal Government, was issued “against the background of two earlier observations made in the life of this administration regarding the huge expenditure made projects across the Public Sector and the significant amount of overlap in functions among the various government organisations involved in the ICT sector.”
All heads of ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government have been urged to ensure full compliance with the circular issued by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to patronise Galaxy Backbone Plc on telecommunication and information technology infrastructure matters.
Galaxy Backbone is a public firm set up by government to provide infrastructure for use by its agencies in order to reduce public sector expenditure on ICT.
According to a statement released on Monday by the firm, SGF, Ambassador Baba Gana Kingibe, gave the directive last week during a two-day interactive session between the firm and various government establishments and referred to a circular issued in 2007.
The circular had as reference number; SGF. OP/1/S.3/V11/870 dated June 18, 2007 titled “Guidelines for the procurement and implementation of bandwidth, network connectivity and other ICT infrastructure by Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies.”
Kingibe, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Special Duties, Office of the SGF, Dr. Safiya Mohammed, reiterated the need for compliance with the circular by all concerned, while delivering the keynote address at the event.
He said that the current administration had decided that there was an urgent need for a more strategic and coordinated approach to the acquisition and deployment of ICTs in the public sector.
According to the SGF, the circular containing the guidelines for the procurement of connectivity and other ICT infrastructure services by government organisations from Galaxy Backbone, a public enterprise of the Federal Government, was issued “against the background of two earlier observations made in the life of this administration regarding the huge expenditure made projects across the Public Sector and the significant amount of overlap in functions among the various government organisations involved in the ICT sector.”
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