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Dr. Tamunobaabo Wenike Danagogo is a seasoned administrator, brilliant strategist and grassroots man.
Irrespective of any undertaking he engages in, two things have always stood out for Tammy Danagogo,
PASSION and
TEAM WORK, whether when he was making a case for a client as a lawyer in the
Courts or playing for the
All Stars international Football Club, Port Harcourt, his dedication and commitment to any agenda is singular.
Dr. Tammy Wenike Danagogo was born about 4
6 years ago. He hails from the picturesque seaside ancient town of
Abonnema in the Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The first impression one forms of him, after going through his
distinguished CV is how particularly youthful he is. Again, one can
hardly escape the quiet humility that someone of his outstanding
accomplishment exudes.
Once he starts speaking however, you cannot but admire his maturity,
incisive reasoning and solid command of virtually every subject. He is
confident in communicating his vision, has excellent organizational
expertise, strong man management skills and high level attention to
detail.
With a
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Law, specializing in Human Rights and Disputes Settlements, from the
University of Nigeria, Nsukka , this is perhaps not unexpected. Sandwiched in between a
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B Hons) (1990 ) and a Master of Laws (LL.M), he bagged a
Barrister
of Laws (B.L) Second Class Upper division from the Nigerian Law School,
Lagos, and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1991.
Dr. Tammy Danagogo is a voracious reader and writer, but he is
not entirely a bookworm as his remarkable academic record will suggest.
He is indeed also a keen sports enthusiast. .
Since
1994 he has been a member of the
All Stars International Football Club, Port Harcourt,
where the likes of Barrister Chris Green of the NFF and the legendary
Adokiye Amieyesimaka ply their trade. He describes himself as a utility
player, able to operate in every position on the field.
This is beside the fact that he is an avid table-tennis player and an
amateur golfer with the shell Residential Area Golf Club Port Harcourt
In recognition of his passion for sports development, he was appointed a member of the
Governing Council for Traditional Supports, Rivers State from
2001 till 2005 and served
as Chairman of the Board from September 2005 to May 2007.
Where he gained valuable first hand information regarding the
challenges the so called lesser sports face in finding expression in the
grand scheme of a football dominated sports industry.
Additionally, as the
Akuku-Toru Local Government Chairman from April 2004 to May 2007 he made sports improvement a cardinal pillar of his administration, strategically establishing solid structures for is people
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The
former Sports Minister and Chairman National Sports Commission, Dr.
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Hon.
Tammy Danagogo,you are indeed a great son of Kalabari land, Abonnema is
proud of You. Keep on the good job,the lord is your strength.
Peter Jack, Director General of the National
Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), on ICT as a catalyst
for the economy and the company's vision.
You have been entrusted with the task of planning, developing, and
promoting the use of IT in Nigeria. How does National Information
Technology Development Agency (NITDA) perform this task?
We
have a mandate to cover many aspects of IT in Nigeria, as well as to
develop IT further. The first aspect covers standards, policies,
guidelines, and the framework for IT development. The second aspect
concerns community access. In 2001 NITDA became an independent national
agency and adopted a national policy. I realized that the implementation
of the NITDA mandate had been grossly overlooked, and therefore I
created a department of guidelines, standards, and regulations. We
created five governance frameworks for the country, without which it
would be extremely difficult to develop IT in Nigeria. On the
development side we have to look at the communities as the real
beneficiaries because we are talking about access at the community
level. There will ultimately be three sets of community telecenters. I
have looked at the issue of integrating to work closely together with a
common platform for managing these centers. To that end I am looking to
promote a national telecenter support network.
To what extent is the ICT sector a catalyst for the Nigerian economy?
NITDA
carries the greatest mandate of any agency in the country. Several
countries have leveraged IT to reinvigorate their economies. We see IT
as an important sector that has the potential to eclipse oil and gas as
the primary source of national income. From that perspective we are
aware that well-deployed IT will be a catalyst for growth across the
sectors. It will transform other sectors and make them more efficient
and productive. They will experience significant levels of growth as a
result. From the perspective of our initial plan to adopt a more
streamlined strategy, we have realized that relying on public funding
alone will not be enough. Our average annual projects are worth about
NGN10 billion. That is less than $50 million. We are looking to adopt a
financial strategy whereby we engage the international community, and
especially the UN system and various other organizations. We are also
aware that each of the G8 countries always makes a statement on
governmental resources to catalyze growth in Africa from the department
of ICT. We are aware, too, that if we plan well, we can actually deploy
sufficient resources from various sources, including CSR with the
initiatives of local companies, such as Dangote and MTN.
You mention that other countries have used IT as a developing tool.
Are you trying to replicate any of their IT development programs?
After
the crisis in 1997, South Korea adopted an ICT-focused and ICT-driven
economic recovery strategy. Clearly South Korea is a good example of
what ICT can do for a country, as it started to contribute over 25% of
economic growth. We have made an effort to engage South Korea to help
drive our e-government program, which aims to train about 23,000 public
servants. We are not just dreaming of benefiting from their experience.
We have actually started to build direct engagement in order to benefit
from their success story, and for example, have the South Korea Hyundai
agreement that is supporting and funding some of our e-government
programs. They have recently helped us implement an e-government master
plan. We are trying to develop an e-government institute, and some of
the funding will come from South Korea as well.
What can you tell us about your vision of creating a Nigerian Silicon Valley?
During
my visits to Silicon Valley, I realized that passion underlies its
success story. That passion manifested itself when I realized that the
Lekki Free Zone has a great deal of potential with the new seaport, the
new airport, and the coastal road that starts in Lagos. I was motivated
to come up with the concept of “the digital coast" and started sharing
that concept with the Lekki Free Zone Development Company. NITDA is set
to commit to a 48-hectare acre facility in the zone to build a smart
city on. This would create significant opportunities for everyone,
including international investors. There is a digital fever that
everyone is catching in Nigeria, and NITDA is a mayor player. We are
building a knowledge city, and a software incubation hub.
What is the importance of the triangle business model community telecenters?
You
need to engage the community. When you get the right buy-in from the
community, it means that by the time you deploy a center, everyone knows
where it is and what it is. Today there are so many things you can do
with a center like that. It can be a one-stop-shop for services. From
immigration paperwork to registering voters, registering your national
identity number, providing the right information about government
services, the right kind of internet access, and basic skills
development for researching IT technology, all the way to what I call
entrepreneurship. People can also hire the space for one or two hours
and use it as a contact point to develop websites for local farmers or
fishermen, for example. We want a holistic approach and a meeting point
where everyone is involved.
What goals have you set for the next five years and how do you see the ICT sector evolving towards 2020?
What
we need to do is aggressively position IT as the primary source of
national income for Nigeria, and in the shortest possible time begin to
compete with oil and gas so that the focus will gradually move away from
them. I dream of a Nigerian economy driven by IT. Young entrepreneurs
are truly transforming the economy. Under the guidance of our Minister,
substantial efforts are going into incubation hubs. I also perceive a
lack of the right performance indicators. That failure to perform is
because IT has not been adequately promoted across all sectors. We are
currently engaging with the ministries to get their support for the use
of IT to drive productivity. We see IT as central to Nigeria's future in
terms of driving performance across all sectors by acting as Nigeria's
primary economic engine. I want to see IT contribute to the growth of
the economy, the actual inflow of national income, and educational
performance. Even if it does not surpass oil and gas, it will be the
fastest growing sector of the economy. I would add that social media and
cyber security are also important issues. Social media is gaining
momentum in Nigeria. Unfortunately, there are some challenges. For
example, we plan to develop a campaign to provide the necessary capacity
among parents to be able to monitor how their children are using social
media. In terms of cyber-security there is a national effort lead by
the Office of the National Security Adviser. As we speak, the draft of
the national cyber security policy is being written, and NITDA has
played a central role in that. We already have a cyber-security center
in place. Furthermore, we are currently building capacity for the
military in terms of cyber-security issues.
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