Galaxy Backbone, a digital infrastructure and shared services provider to government and all its agencies, said infrastructure for the implementation of the Electronic Government master plan is readily available for deployment.
In an email message, the Managing Director/CEO, Mr, Yusuf Kazaure of Galaxy backbone said the e-government master plan heralds the platform that will help ministries and agencies perform better and become more effective in providing services to other government institutions, businesses and the citizenry in a fast, reliable and efficient manner.
“The goal of the e-government plan is to provide a transparent, competent, service oriented digital base, and an information sharing hub. The vision of the plan is to achieve a means to access government services online with ease and that’s where Galaxy Backbone plays a huge role in actualizing this,” he explained.
Emphasizing further the role of Galaxy backbone in the implementation, Mr. Frank Ugbodaga, Group Head Customer Operations and Services at Galaxy Backbone, stated that government has invested in a state of the art Infrastructure, which includes a world class Tier III Integrated National Datacentre to ensure that the full weight of this plan is actualized.
According to him, Galaxy Backbone has an active state of the art Tier III Datacentre with the latest infrastructure, computers, storage and the largest dedicated tech structure and network suitable for public and private consumption in Nigeria.
He added that Galaxy Backbone has invested in laying fibre optics infrastructure across the country to ensure all citizens are connected to the government. “We have succeeded in installing fibre cables in 13 states of the federation under the first phase of this project. The second phase which has commenced and will see Galaxy Backbone cover virtually all states within the country interlinking government MDAs with a dedicated network. This vast network is open to be leased for both public and private sector companies,” he disclosed.