Nigeria Has Capacity To Influence Global Software Landscape – SystemSpecs Boss

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of SystemSpecs, Mr. John Obaro, has opined that Nigeria has the capacity to influence the global software technology landscape and reap the huge attendant benefits if the government makes a conscious effort to actualise the prosperous future that beckons the country in the sector.

He made this known during the visit of the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, to the head office of the company in Lagos.

The minister said that the visit was to encourage the company and appreciate its flagship indigenous software, Remita.

He said had Remita been introduced to the Federal Government earlier, government’s revenues would have improved more than it is now.

“We owe Systemspecs a debt of gratitude for introducing Remita. The electronic payment platform has saved Nigeria about N2tn. In the area of e-government, SystemSpecs has done well for Nigeria,” he said.

According to Obaro, the country should quit focusing on agrarian initiatives at the basic levels, and concentrate on the potential of software technology wherein the future lies.

To attain this, he rolled out steps that the Federal Government should take, which include that government delegations should no longer embark on foreign trade missions without the inclusion of Nigerian software entrepreneurs or products.

He also requested that the Federal Government should not receive foreign software as aids donated to the country in areas where the country had demonstrated local competence that could be polished.

This is the time, according to him, for the country to take advantage of the opportunities inherent in software technology, when oil prices are at their lowest.