IT professionals pick hole on registration, licensing of all IT contractors by NITDA

…Say it will lead to registration of quacks and non professionals

By EMEKA AGINAM

The recent move to register and license  all IT contractors in Nigeria by the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, has been frowned by the Nigerian Information Technology professionals.

This follows a recent policy statement by the Director of NITDA  Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami  to register and license all IT contractors in Nigeria.

The umbrella IT body in Nigeria, the Nigerian Computer Society, NCS, while frowning at the current posture of NITDA has insisted that  the Nigerian Computer Registration Council of Nigeria, CPN, has the mandate to register and license IT contractors in the country.

The CPN  Act 49 of 1993, according to the IT professionals  is saddled with the mandate to register, license, supervise and control the profession as stated in CPN Act…