By John Okeke
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Oluwatoyin Akinlade has lauded the management and staff of the Mining Cadastre Office (MCO) over the earned award which rated them the best “Digital Innovation in the Federal Government” 5th Nigeria Internet Registration Association Award category for the year 2022.
NIRA, a Non- govermental body established by the order of the President of Federal Republic of Nigeria to manage the Nigeria’s country code, presented the award to the best portal of the federal government with excellent user experience which promote innovation and local content development with the .ng domain name.
The MCO which was nominated by the public and assessed by the Award Jury as fulfilling the criteria for the category, competed with other nominees namely; Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS); Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC); Federal Road Safety Commission ( FRSC); Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and the National Pension Commission (PENCOM) and emerged winner with the highest number of votes in favour of the agency.
Akinlade who spoke in Abuja yesterday during the presentation of award to the Honourable Minister of Mines and Steel Development , Arc Adegbite won by MCO said ,” today is a very remarkable day in the annals of this ministry as we celebrate the outstanding performance by the management and staff of MCO and I am really delighted and proud to be part of this epoch event. “
According to Akinlade, Digitalization and innovation are core element of the service improvement agenda of the head of the civil service of the federation.
“It is therefore gratifying that MCO is rated the best in Digital innovation among the Federal establishments in Nigeria for the year 2022 by the by the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA),” Permanent Secretary said.
“I must specifically congratulate the Director General of MCO ,Engr . Simon Nkom and all the staff of MCO for achieving this feat,” Akinlade said.
