Ekeh, Zinox Boss Calls For Another Look At Nigeria’s National Education Policy

L-R: Adesuwa Igho Orere, ED, Task Systems, Emomine Mukoro, 

MD-Buyright Africa Dotcom, Prof. David Adewunmi, President NCS, 

Leo Stan Ekeh, Chairman Zinox Group, Stanley Okpaleke, MD,Task Systems, 

Emmanuel Onyeje, COO,  Zinox Group, & Funke Oduntan, ED, Task Systems 

Chairman of Zinox Group, Dr. Leo Stan Ekeh has warned that unless the Nigerian nation makes critical decisions that will bring about a break from the analogue past where all photography were still and in black and white, it may not be able to explore the opportunities offered by the digital era to excel as a nation.

According to Ekeh, “Nigeria today finds herself in times that are as difficult as 1969, the peak of the civil war, when nationalists and stakeholders in education came together in a bid to salvage the ship of state from the vicious grip of ethnicity, religious bigotry and corruption.

“The situation has been compounded by kidnapping, terrorism, our inability to fund education, and the inability of Nigerian graduates to fit into existing vacancies in the industry. There is a need for another look at the national policy on education by people compliant with 21st Century technology.”

Ekeh who was speaking during a courtesy visit by the new executive of the Nigeria Computer Society, NCS, led by Prof. David Adewunmi, noted that the new NCS President was assuming office at the right time, and urged him to focus on restructuring the country’s education sector, using the tools of information technology.

The Zinox boss further explained that with technology, the objectives of teaching and learning can be achieved at a lower cost with more competitive outcome, adding that electronic

content would cost less while solving the problem of overcrowded classes that have perplexed educational administrators for decades.

In addition, Dr. Leo Stan Ekeh noted that the Nigeria Information Technology Merit Awards, NITMA, is one of the noble legacies that the Prof. Adewunmi-led executive has inherited. He urged the Executive to handle NITMA with its characteristic professionalism to protect the lofty ideals for which it was instituted.

Earlier, Prof. David Adewunmi had congratulated the Chairman and management of the Zinox Group for the long relationship with the Nigeria Computer Society, recounting a rich history of support dating back to the first President of the NCS, and said that this showed the depth of the Zinox commitment to develop the IT sector.

Prof. Adewunmi who is also the Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology at Bell University expressed appreciation for the role that the Zinox Group have been successfully playing in the IT sector including the successful delivery of sensitive and large scale projects at the national level. He said that Zinox has proved to the world that the Nigerian IT practitioner is a world-class professional with the capacity to match the best in the world.

The Zinox management and the NCS leadership agreed to work together in upholding international standards, enforcing the local content policy, capacity building and serving the unreached. Both organizations would also cooperate on all issues relating to the robust deployment of IT at all levels of education in Nigeria.

The two organisations decried the multiple biometric data collection by numerous agencies in Nigeria. They agreed that biometric data is secured data that should be handled only by contractors who have integrity and would not compromise national security.