THE Federal Government says it plans to develop standardised websites for Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to enhance easy access to information on government’s services.
Dr Bosun Tijani, the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, stated this at the sixth edition of the monthly DevsInGovernment meeting in Abuja.
According to him, the ministry is planning to have a standardised government websites for all government institutions for easier access, security and virtual identity.
The minister said the report of the standardised websites for government agencies and institutions would be presented to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for adoption.
“There will be a special advisory board for this project that will review everything that will be done.
“Before its release, it will come back to the project committee to review and agree that this is what the new standard should be for web platforms within the Nigerian government.
“We will take it to FEC to adopt and say every agency must migrate to it. The goal will be to have people work in different subgroups to design what we want to see and we are going to get experts from the industry as well that will support us,” the minister said.
According to him, over the years, many Nigerians have complained about not being able to access information on government services because the MDAs’ websites are not similar in nature.
He said the project would harmonise the design to ensure the standardisation of websites in MDAs.
Tijani said: “One of the biggest things that Nigerians complain about is the fact that it is not easy for them to access information on government services
“The websites are not similar in nature because if you look from one MDA to another, the websites look totally different.
“But with this programme, we are harmonising the design. So, collectively, we are working together to come up with standardised websites of what government websites should look.
“As we do this, it is important we carry all government IT experts along because they are the ones who are going to implement it.”
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