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NIRA: OBJ Spices 2017 Retreat, Body Records Over 15000 on 2nd Level Domain
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, elder statesman and former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, added glamour to the recent retreat organized by the Nigerian Internet Registration Association (NIRA) in Ogun State, by gracing the occasion.
It was unbelieving and exciting, recanting the re-delegation process of .ng to NiRA, which was made possible by the then President.
The excitement continues with NIRA which disclosed that by the 31st of January 2017, it had recorded over 15,000 second level .ng domain name registrations.
This milestone is significant because earlier, NIRA had set up a Price Charter with its accredited registrars that seek to progressively reduce the price of .ng domain names, based on the total number of domains in the .ng registry.
Meanwhile, Chief Obasanjo graced a session of the retreat and was briefed of the progress made, since the re-delegation of the national resource.
Mrs. Ibukun Odusote, the secretary of the NiRA Board of Trustees was on ground to take Chief Obasanjo down the memory lane of how he, as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria through the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), ensured that the .ng country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) delegation management was handed over to a multi-stakeholder body which birthed NiRA. Despite the fact that this occurred in 2005, and with his many experiences in life, Chief Obasanjo could recall the events of that time, unbelievably and with remarkable ease!
Chief Obasanjo was inducted by Reverend Sunday Folayan, president of NIRA, as a .ng Ambassador.
The President emphasized on the need for all Nigerians to identity with the .ng brand, “as our online identity. The use of the .ng brand would promote local content, local businesses, cultural heritage, grow the Nigerian economy, job and wealth creation, empower our youths, and conserve foreign exchange”.
In his response to the conferment, Chief Obasanjo thanked the NiRA team for the great job done so far and promised to ensure that all his online presence would be .ng compliant.
The NiRA 2017 retreat was remarkably different as it was graced by members of the Board of Trustees, Executive Board of Directors as well as Staff. The Trustees in attendance were Mr. Yunusa Zakari Ya’u, representing the NiRA BOT Chairman, Deacon Chima Onyekwere OON and Mrs. Ibukun Odusote the Secretary to the NiRA BOT.
.ng Domains, Getting Cheaper Daily
Speaking through NIRA e-newsletter 101, Reverend Folayan said that by the 31st of January 2017, NiRA had recorded over 15,000 second level .ng domain name registrations.
“This milestone is significant because earlier, NIRA had set up a Price Charter with its accredited registrars that seek to progressively reduce the price of .ng domain names, based on the total number of domains in the .ng registry.
“Reaching the count of 15,000 domains names at the second level, has given NiRA the opportunity to move the .ng domain pricing to the next lower level, according to the price charter. Since the business is competitive, registrars continue to package different products and deals to excite their customers. With the high cost of purchasing foreign exchange, there is no better time to register a .ng domain name, but now.
“I congratulate NiRA Accredited Registrars, Registrants and stakeholders for this growth and milestone. Of course based on the price charter, with more growth in .ng domain name registration at the 2nd level, the Registry would implement further price reductions once we reach the set milestone. The next milestone will be 20,000 second level domains”.
Gartner predicts that by 2028, 75 percent of enterprise software engineers will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) code assistants, up from less than 10 percent, currently.
According to a Gartner poll of 598 global respondents conducted in the third quarter of 2023, 63 percent of organisations are now testing, deploying, or have previously implemented AI code assistants.
AI code assistants provide for more capabilities than only code development and completion, notes the research firm.
According to Gartner, the use of AI code assistants can lead to higher work satisfaction and retention, resulting in lower turnover costs.
Philip Walsh, senior principal analyst at Gartner, comments: “Software engineering leaders must determine ROI and build a business case as they scale their rollouts of AI code assistants.
“However, traditional ROI frameworks steer engineering leaders toward metrics centred on cost reduction. This narrow perspective fails to capture the full value of AI code assistants.”
Gartner notes that software engineering leaders must “reframe the ROI conversation from cost reduction to value generations”.
Walsh adds: “Calculating time savings on code generation is a good place to begin building a more robust value story. To convey the full enterprise value story for AI code assistants, software engineering leaders should connect value enablers to impacts, and then analyse the overall return to the organisation.”
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that the planned national ID card will be issued to applicants by their banks.
NIMC said it is working with the Nigerian Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) to deliver the cards to applicants.
“The card will be issued through the applicants’ respective banks in line with existing protocols with the issuance of the Debit/Credit cards,” the agency said at the weekend update on its official X handle.
KEY FACTS ABOUT THE PROPOSED NEW GENERAL MULTIPURPOSE NATIONAL IDENTITY CARD
- The new National ID Card is a single, convenient, and General multipurpose card (GMPC) , eliminating the need for multiple cards—not three.
- The single GMPC has multiple use cases:…
— NIMC (@nimc_ng) April 12, 2024
It said applicants need to request their cards with their NIN “through the self-service online portal, NIMC offices, or their respective banks”.
“The card will be powered by the AFRIGO card scheme, an indigenous scheme powered by NIBSS,” NIMC said.
“The card can be picked up by holders at the designated center or delivered to the applicants at the requested location at an extra cost to be borne by the applicants,” the update read.
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that the new national Identity card, powered by AfriGo Card, is a single card with multiple services.
NIMC made the clarification against the confusion and criticisms that have trailed the AfriGo Card , touted as a National Domestic Card Scheme.
NIMC is launching the AfriGo Card, in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement System (NIBSS), and has had appointed SecureID, a Lagos headquartered company to manufacture the Card Scheme
Making clarification on the card, Kayode Adegoke, head of Corporate Communications of the NIMC, said the General multipurpose card (GMPC) will eliminate the need for multiple cards.
“The new National ID Card is a single, convenient, and General multi-purpose card (GMPC), eliminating the need for multiple cards—not three.
“The single GMPC has multiple use cases: Payments/Financial, Government intervention/services, travel, etc.
“The National Identity Management Commission is working with the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigerian Interbank Settlement System to deliver the payment and financial use cases.
“The card will be powered by the AFRIGO card scheme, an indigenous scheme powered by NIBSS. Applicants for the card will have to request with their NIN through the self-service online portal, NIMC offices, or their respective banks.
“The card will be issued through the applicants’ respective banks, in line with existing protocols with the issuance of the Debit/Credit cards.
“The card can be picked up by holders at the designated centre or delivered to the applicants at the requested location at an extra cost to be borne by the applicants,” he said.
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