By Uchenna Eletuo
The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has inaugurated its new national executives with a charge to be innovative and focused.
The executives include the President, Mr Muhammad Aliyu-Sirajo and Deputy President, Mr Charles Onyeukwu.
At the inauguration held at the organisation’s National Secretariat in Lagos on Thursday, the immediate past President, Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, Mr Bimbo Abioye, said that innovativeness would take the organisation to greater heights.
He urged the executives to be focused and conceive ideas, programmes and projects that would transform Nigeria’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector.
Abioye urged indigenous computer firms to scale up operations, compete favourably with their foreign counterparts, and dominate the Nigerian market.
A former NCS President, Mr Ezichi Samuel, urged the new executives to borrow from the experiences of their predecessors to forge ahead seamlesssly.
Responding, the new President, Mr Muhammad Aliyu-Sirajo, promised that the executives would work in unity in the interest of the body and the entire Nigeria.
Aliyu-Sirajo addded, “Strict adherence to professional ethics will uplift the operations of the organisation.”
He said that the new executives would drive innovation and development in Nigeria’s ICT sector.
“United we can cause changes in the economy,” Aliyu-Sirajo said.
He commended the former executives for sacrifices that helped in building a vibrant NCS. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)
Edited by Esenvosa Izah/Ijeoma Popoola
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