By Ikenna Uwadileke
An ICT expert, Mr Adefolajuwon Amoo, has accused Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) of intellectual property infringement by adopting a foreign technology “What3Words’’ as the national system for codification of physical addresses in Nigeria.
Amoo, Chief Executive Officer, Arbel Energy and Logistics, made the allegation in Abuja.
He said NIPOST’s intention to use a foreign technology to increase the number of homes it could deliver to and improve delivery services in preparation for the take-off of Nigeria’s e-commerce violated Presidential Executive Order No. 5.
Item 6 contained in the Executive Order provides that Ministries, Departments and Agencies shall adopt local technologies to replace foreign ones, where they met set standards.
He, however, said that NIPOST’s adoption of the UK technology, “What3Words”, not only violated the order in promoting indigenous innovations to replace…
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