The Minister stated that the well-being of Nigerians is of utmost importance to the administration.
Tunji-Ojo made this statement on Wednesday while fielding
questions on Arise Television’s Morning Show programme.
The minister, who used the opportunity to highlight some of
the achievements in his ministry, was responding to criticisms allegedly made
by some officials of the previous administration.
He said that the current administration inherited the ECOWAS
passport center, which was not completed at the time.
The Minister said: “Let me say this very clearly in the
first place, this particular government is not in competition with anybody.
What’s most important is the welfare and well-being of Nigerians.
“But nevertheless, I would like to say this clearly: when we
came on board, it was very clear that a lot of these things—the data center,
the command and control center, the solar farm we had at that time—were started
from the foundation.
“What we inherited was the incomplete ECOWAS passport
center. But as for what we have done, this government started it. We are happy
to say that it’s for the benefit of Nigerians, without trying to take any
credit for it.
“You know what an 8.3 petabyte database is and what that
entails anywhere in the world. I don’t need to go too deep. And we have a
command and control center that oversees all regular migration points across
Nigeria, including 447 km of our land borders and five airports in real time.
It’s not a joke—it’s a massive achievement by this particular administration.
“And to be able to implement the Advanced Passenger
Information system, which wasn’t just a policy but a resolution of the UN
Security Council—Nigeria never did that until this government came on board and
implemented it.
“We went beyond the API that was expected of countries and
moved to the level of interactive API. We also built a data center that IITA
referred to as the ‘lighthouse project of Africa.’ I think we should not
diminish the relevance of all these achievements on the basis of ego. We should
just let Nigeria be the winner in it.”
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