Experts Call For Partnership To Leverage Technology For Economic Development In Plateau

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By Zainab Oyekan

Technology experts have advised Plateau Government to leverage on technology to drive the state’s economic development.

The experts gave the advice in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos  on Thursday.

According to the experts, the state stands to benefit in many ways if it partners and collaborates with the existing various tech firms in the state.

Mr Adam Ayuba, Chief Executive Officer of “A Hub Technology”, said that with technology, an application could help to bring improvements into the agriculture sector .

According to him, such application can provide farmers with access to information on weather, soil conditions, and market prices.

He said it could be used to automate farming processes to increase efficiency and also for soil management and crop monitoring.

“ Crude methods have become obsolete , while technology has taken over; and this is good for the economy, “ he said.

The tech expert similarly opined that the worrisome issue of insecurity could easily be addressed with technology.

He said his firm had trained many personnel and technology students to provide solutions that could improve the economy both in the state and country in general.

Another expert, Tokkit yusuf, said he had developed an application that could help security agencies to solve the problem of missing persons on tricycle using the Quick Respond code tracker.

Yusuf added that he had also developed a signal software that could quickly alert security agents of an attack in any location within the state.

“But all these applications require collaboration with various agencies to work and that is what we are asking for,” said Yusuf.

Similarly, a digital marketer, Mr Tope Orilua, noted that partnership and collaboration were the way to go to improve the economy of the state.

Orilua, however, said that the challenge of red tapism and limited knowledge in technology applications, needed to be addressed for the state to maximally benefit from the many opportunities available through technology.

According to him, the state government should urgently address these identified drawbacks and explore the opportunity of partnership with technology experts and other stakeholders to improve the economic fortunes of the state. NAN

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