Presidents Message

ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF INSTITUTE OF SOFTWARE PRACTITIONERS OF NIGERIA
MR. SIMEON C. AGU AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 8TH NIGERIA SOFTWARE EXHIBITION

All protocols observed.
FOREWORD
Let me first of all congratulate the organizing committee for the painstaking effort in putting up this current version of the Nigerian Software Exhibition.
All the previous exhibitions had been organized under the auspices of the Computer Association of Nigeria (now Nigerian Computer Society) dating back to 1997. This is the first one being held under the Institute of Software Practitioners (ISPON) following the reorganization of the computer community into an umbrella body and several interest groups.
The Software industry in Nigeria is at last beginning to draw high-level attention and I believe that this week marks a turning point in the journey towards making our dear country a player in the knowledge society. I will draw attention to two events that are highly significant.
First, His Excellency Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has empowered a key player in the private sector, to help us out in a very special way. The details are still to emerge.
Second, the Hon Minister of Science and Technology, inaugurated a task force to focus the government’s efforts in leap forging software development in Nigeria. We appreciate these initiatives and hope that by the time we assemble again for the next year’s exhibition, we would have started seeing the impact arising from them.
What is quite clear is that India did not arrive at where it is today by chance. The country for the past 20 years took several very deliberate steps to position itself for this revolution. We are actually late but we can still lay down some very well articulated changes in the current situations that will give us at least a fighting chance to succeed.



Simeon Agu
President

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