An expert has noted that the Nigerian National Assembly is lagging behind in the area of ICT. According to Dr Ladi Hamalai, Director General of the National Institute for Legislative Studies (NILS), compared to its counterparts in developed countries, the National Assembly is serious lagging behind in the area of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) despite huge sums spent in that area.
She said this at the validation workshop on capacity building of staff of the National Assembly. The DG said a lot needs to be done to make the National Assembly be at per with its contemporaries in developed democracies around the world in terms of ICT.
She however added that the Nigerian National Assembly was far better than other African parliaments in terms of infrastructure, manpower and other resources.
“In Africa, no parliament has what we have. However, the truth of the matter is there can never be enough. But in terms of ICT, we are far behind. We have committed a lot of resources in that regard, but we’re not where we should be yet. We should do more to meet up,” she said.