Information & Communication Technology Arena

What has contributed to this is the awareness in IT and the utilization of computers in almost all spheres of our life. During the last administration, a programme was put in place to promote indigenous technology. The idea was to improve on the production of locally made computers and utilization, which brought a lot of benefits. This year, the statistics has moved even higher. Locally made computers are doing well, but like any other industries; we have a lot of challenges. One of which is power. Let me leave computers for now; let us go to ordinary air conditioners. Just a few days ago, my air conditioner had a fault, because there was frequent power problem. If you look at the component that breaks down more easily now, the power pack is rated number one and secondly, the memory because these cannot really withstand fluctuation in power. These are the areas we need to train our people on because the situation in this country is very dicey. That is why we have to look at environmental training to our own systems.
Would you then say locally made computers have done very well?
Yes, they have statistically considering the environment in which they operate. Many a times if you look at the systems, many of them are built with respect to environmental factors in which they operate; the temperature, pressure, facilities in which they operate and back up. We need properly trained engineers to help achieve this and if you look at the number, they cannot actually cope with the demand right now that is why we have to go back to engineering schools to produce more.
Just about four or five years ago, we had about seven or more locally made computers brands. Today, we can barely say we have three surviving ones. What do you think is responsible for this?
You could look at it from angle of business pressure, because business failure could be part of it. Our banks may not even give them enough loans to back up what they have. You need to be able to withstand a lot of hurdles in the market here unlike in the advanced countries where you can get loans on long term repayment. It could be because of sales as well. If you do not have enough sales, your market may not move very high. Demand and supply is also an issue. If some people in the industry are progressing very well, others may not have enough supply. Also, it may be attributed to financial failures globally.
A few years back, during the Obasanjo administration, government gave directives to agencies and parastatals to buy a certain percentage of locally made computers. Is this still effective.?
It is still effective but is only obligatory. I have had some cases where contractors or manufacturers complained that they are not being patronized by Nigerians. Nigerians would rather go for foreign made products. So my message to them is that we should actually patronize our own computer brands. It is only in this way that we can have higher volume of sales so that we can move from low range to high range of computers. We probably need a law that stipulates that locally made computers must be used.
Are you still going ahead with the re-certification of these locally made computers?
Oh yes, we will. If you have a driving license for instance, you do not have it forever even in other countries. Re-certification does not necessarily mean something is wrong. But the reason is that after some time, things sag, elastic materials too sags after sometimes. So when you certify, you actually go back and look at your production. That is why we have new set of productions coming in. Electronic materials are dynamic products, so re-certification means everybody has to stand up to expectations. That even gives more confidence on the products for consumers. Consumers know this people are on top shape. So re-certification is a normal thing in the electronic industry.

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