Use of Technology as Solution to Resolve Nigeria Myriads of Problems – Dr Kenny Odugbemi

Nigeria is divided and polarized with cleavages of ethnocentrism, sectarianism, sectionalism, parochialism and religious extremism.

Polarization-Neo Biafran separatist agitation, Northern nuisances of terrorism, Boko insurgence, banditry, agitation of resources, control of Nigeria’s delta destroying oil pipeline, farmer herders clashes with killings in middle belt, unknown gunmen attack and seat at home order in South East, Yoruba Nation separatist of South West
Ethnocentric rhetoric – gross abuse of media mainstream, social media menace to display unjustified entitlement mentality of inexistence, mandate to govern Nigeria
Collapsed national security, where degeneration is apocalyptic colored by asymmetric warfare across the region

Battered economy -sloe economic growth, grossly devalued currency, volatile exchange, rising cost of living, we have critically dysfunctional economy

Educational decadence – characteristics of systemic deterioration, curriculum and infrastructure decadence
Endemic public corruption – financial leakage, recklessness, ways and means printing of N30trn wasted by Buhari administration

Business justification for AI technologies

AI in government workflow will allow agencies to achieve the following
Prevent and minimize cyber attacks
Monitor normal network activities at entry point
Identify potential daily vulnerabilities
Fortify restrictions on critical data
Enhance automation of all processes to guarantee speed, access availabilities, interoperability, transparency

My suggestion

Current governments with bloated structures need to be forthright with sincerity and transparency, accountability which is seriously lacking now

Use of utilitarian principles of democratic governance that are fully automated

Mitigate against reactionary pressure by entrenched vested interests and infiltration of security threats that are ever gulping billions to resolve as security votes

Adoption of AI technologies is now sacrosanct across all government structures to reduce waste, block leakage, ensure seamless operation, reduce vulnerabilities, facilitate deployment of balance score cards with KPA’s and KPI’s all fully automated to reduce non-performance across agencies and Ministries who shall be gulping additional yearly N2.1b as their recurrent expenditure

Curb misappropriation, frivolities in expenditure and reckless lifestyle of Key officers in the government

Conclusion
Present administration need to translate 8points agenda into pragmatic deliverables that can be monitored and only AI technologies can do the magic, otherwise we will have a looming, woes, comatose and quagmire across all sectors.
The current administration has over 50% of appointment under political settlement with no techy skills that can facilitate rapid change.
We are seeing misuse of our common patrimony