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Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, Prof. Cleopas Angaye, have got said that the state was yet to develop a wholly place made computing machine system.

Disputing claims by some indigenous ICT developers that they have produced a computer, Angaye said no such as deed have been achieved. He added that what is available are gathering of completely knocked down (CKD) parts which can not be regarded as original product.

The D-G, World Health Organization spoke at the flag-off of mass media political campaign for hosting of Africa Information Technology Exhibition (AFRITEX) scheduled for Capital Of Federal Republic Of Federal Republic Of Nigeria in May, said although a batch of in-roads have got made by the state in the last few old age in the state of software system system development, achieving a wholly Nigerian-made computing machine have remained tall order.

Angaye said Nigeria currently inhabits 110th in the human race ICT development ratings, behind other African states like Ghana, Egypt, Kingdom Of Morocco and South Africa.

He said notwithstanding the low rating, the country's IT sector have undergone enormous transmutation both in application and creativity, especially in the banking and telecommunications industries.

He described AFRITEX as a feasible platform through which the state can further accomplish fast growing in information engineering development, since the forum hoped to pull the best encephalons in the industry to come up interact and chart a course of study for the hereafter of ICT in Nigeria.

Commenting on the state of execution of the 'Computer for All Nigerians Program initiated by the Obasanjo administration, Angaye said government's attempt to fast-track the undertaking was greatly affected by operational hitches.

He blamed the slow advancement of execution on improper hallmark of software, ailments by end-users, untimely bringing of computer systems and some hardware jobs and improper set-up of call-centres.

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The D-G however said most of the jobs have got been addressed, adding that the 2nd form of the programme that is about to commence would affect the states which is expected to lend their quota in the executing of the project.

He said authorities is also implementing a programme where computing machine constituents would be made available to rural and under served public but that portion of the top job facing the undertaking is mediocre powerfulness supply.

ARITEX exhibition Coordinator, Mr. Sola Oworu, said the 3-day event is being planned to be one of the greatest ICT demoes Africa have ever witnessed with almost all the states in the continent already mobilized to attend.