On ekiti's smart governance for development approach - A reflexive account

Olutoyin J. Oloniteru; Adegboyega Ojo

doi:10.1145/2591888.2591920

On ekiti's smart governance for development approach - A reflexive account

Olutoyin J. Oloniteru
, Adegboyega Ojo

Ict
University of Galway

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Abstract

The impact of Information Technology for Development (ICT4D) and Electronic Governance (EGOV) initiatives are contingent on alignment and integration with Good Governance and related Government Transformational programs. In line with this, the Government of Ekiti State, Nigeria (EKSG) recently unveiled its ICT and Digital Media Strategies with the goal of supporting the Government's Strategic "8 Point Agenda" and its "Government Transformation Agenda". Within two years of the implementation of these programmes, the EKSG has continued its transformation from one of the poorest states (in economic terms) in Nigeria to the state with the best ICT4D programmes and online presence in the country. This paper reviews the EKSG's "Smart Governance for Development Approach" (SmartGov4D) aiming to share the experience and insights into the critical success factors. The paper also provides a self-assessment to guide further refinement and development of these programmes for sustainable impact. An important lesion so far is that technocratic leadership and ability to mobilize industry partnership in addition to focus on transformational government initiatives can enable concrete outcomes in ICT-enabled governance and development initiatives.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICEGOV 2013 - 7th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, Proceedings
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	190-193
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9781450324564
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2591888.2591920
Publication status	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes
Event	7th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, ICEGOV 2013 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of Duration: 22 Oct 2013 → 25 Oct 2013

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Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference	7th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, ICEGOV 2013
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Seoul
Period	22/10/13 → 25/10/13

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

Keywords

Smart governance framework
Smart governance in ekiti
Social media strategy
Transformational government

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Oloniteru, OJ & Ojo, A 2013, On ekiti's smart governance for development approach - A reflexive account. in ICEGOV 2013 - 7th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, Proceedings. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 190-193, 7th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, ICEGOV 2013, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 22/10/13. https://doi.org/10.1145/2591888.2591920

On ekiti's smart governance for development approach - A reflexive account. / Oloniteru, Olutoyin J.; Ojo, Adegboyega.
ICEGOV 2013 - 7th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, Proceedings. Association for Computing Machinery, 2013. p. 190-193 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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