The Nigerian Federal Government granted N20 million to the Nigeria Association of Information Technology Enabled Outsourcing Companies (NAITEOC) as a take-off grant, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has said.

Speaking in Lagos at a stakeholders meeting on the formation of the group of IT enabled outsourcing companies in Nigeria, the Director General of NITDA, Professor Cleopas Angaye, said that the agency has also earmarked an office for the new body apart from the grant. The DG who was represented by the NITDA's Director of Software Outsourcing, Dr. Daura Ashiru, said the IT outsourcing is gradually growing and there is need for the sector to be well governed through an umbrella body so as to open doors for job creation, source of revenue for Nigeria and improved performance.

Source: All Africa