Nigeria President Bola Tinubu has expressed his help for brand spanking new partnerships with world expertise firms to make sure that knowledge from public establishments are correct and clear in offering templates on which correct public sector planning and accounting can happen throughout sectors.

Speaking Monday at a gathering within the State House, Abuja with the Global Vice President of Oracle, Mr. Andres Garcia Arroyo, the President welcomed the corporate’s dedication to Nigeria’s civil service reform course of and knowledge administration sector, whilst he emphasised the necessity for better information switch by means of the institution of academies and coaching establishments within the nation. 

Aiming to advertise the convenience of doing enterprise, digital innovation, efficient identification administration, environment friendly payroll administration and qualitative citizen-centred service supply, President Tinubu cited Oracle’s confirmed success within the automation of the Lagos State payroll system throughout his tenure as Governor within the Centre of Excellence and lauded the constructive impression of technological options in enhancing accountability, and expediting timelines for service supply with out sacrificing high quality within the course of.

He mentioned: “I’ve examined Oracle and it has labored for our success. In Lagos State, what we did in efficient collaboration with you, has been copied throughout the states of the Federation. We can solely construct our establishments with correct knowledge and leading edge knowledge administration capabilities which are dependable and efficient. We can solely depend on our human sources for glorious service supply to Nigerians, if they’re effectively skilled and able to study. 

“The transfer of knowledge is essential for our nation and the continent. In this government, we believe that the only way to build our country is a bottom-up-approach and from one single sheet of paper, we can create an end-to-end solution for public administration that will rid our service of its worst tendencies in favor of effectiveness and reliability,” the President declared.  

Expressing concern about Nigeria’s bloated civil service payroll on the nationwide and sub-national ranges, the President mentioned: “Each time they give me the payroll number, I get so frightened. Where am I going to get the capital to develop the infrastructure we desperately require if the payroll of 1% – 2% of the population is consuming all the revenue? I think we need a tight technological control that can check and balance all necessary control points of our transaction processes. I’m looking forward to working with Oracle because I have the belief and confidence that you can do it as you have in the past.”

Earlier in his remarks, the Global Vice President of Oracle proposed a complete digital transformation of labor course of on the federal degree of administration, with the intention to obtain better macro-economic visibility; streamline authorities processes for value and time financial savings; and to offer the specified abilities improvement alternatives for Nigerians.

“You have shown tremendous practical leadership throughout your career, Mr. President. We have partnered with you and we know how determined you are to achieve all that you set out to achieve. This is why we are offering Nigeria a free national diagnostic of the present situation in the public service with a view to dimensioning across sectors the scale of solution required. We look forward to partnering with you again,” Arroyo additional mentioned.

Deji Elumoye in Abuja