DAILY POST
Three government agencies, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, and the Nigeria Immigration Service have budgeted to spend over N8.7 billion on computer software acquisitions in 2024.
This was disclosed in the recently released government-owned enterprises (GOEs) budget for 2024 by the Ministry of Budget and National Planning.
Accordingly, NDIC leads all other government agencies in terms of money allocated for software this year, which stood at N5.2 billion, according to its budget plan.
Also, FIRS, the country’s tax agency, is planning to acquire the software with the sum of N3.5 billion, and it is the second-biggest spender among the GOEs.
Similarly, the Nigeria Immigration Service has budgeted N874.5 million to acquire the software.
The development comes despite a government-funded National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA.
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