@techscorpion wrote:
Today, one year into this current government, I re-pondered an appointment that has confused me since it was first announced.
Why is Alhaji Adebayo Shittu the Minister of ICT?
He is a lawyer cum politician since the age of 26, with no Engineering background, and a self-acclaimed technology neophyte who was quoted as thus:
I didn’t expect to be Minister of Communications; I expected to be the Attorney General because out of the 11 lawyers in the cabinet of General Buhari, I am senior most by date of call. Other than being the Attorney General, I expected that I would be either Minister of Works or Transport; the least I expected was being made Minister of Communications.
So, when it came, it was like a thunderbolt because I didn’t know anything about the ICT industry; the only thing I knew was that I have a handset which operates wirelessly. I also knew that there was internet, laptop and all of that. But once I came, I have to face the challenge of learning as fast as I can.In spite of the mismatch and Nigeria's full bench of engineering and tech achievers across all ethnic groups, age ranges, and industries, he was adjudged to be the right man. Hmmm. Okay.
However, I don't know anything about his achievements since he has been in office or what his upcoming plans are.
Does anybody have any insight into his policies?
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