Mr Uwa told
the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the Federal Government and the service
provider of BRISIN, Dermo Impex, had carried out awareness campaigns on the
project.
BRISIN is an
integrated system for the collection, storage and distribution of information
to support the management of the economy.
The federal
government had approved the implementation of the project which would be
carried out by Dermo Impex, an Italian based Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) Company.
He said that
BRISIN had started with sensitisation and workshop on disability.
“The second
leg of the project is the official flag off. At the official flag off, the
field work will start, that is the real implementation.
“All the
necessary logistics need to be prepared before the flagoff, that it why we have
met with stakeholders to make sure that BRISIN is implemented.
“It the
responsibility of the FCT to provide funding, then, they are going to provide
provisional office for the flag off and implementation before BRISIN centres
are built.
“The federal
government has asked us to look at the possibility of seeking funds from
Nigerian citizens and international organisations, mostly because this aspect
that has to do with disability.
“Disability
is not an area that investors will put their money, they need a lot of donors
and sympathetic help that comes,’’ the coordinator said.
Mr Uwa,
however, told NAN that the implementation team would mobilise resources to
start the project, using few investors who are ready to support the project.
According to
him, BRISIN is a programme that will take over 10 to 15 years across the
country.
“BRISIN will
be inaugurated in FCT soon; by the end of year, we would have completed the
implementation of mostly the structure and building, if funds are readily
available.
“We have
held two strategic meetings; we will be working with three major agencies –
National Population Commission, Federal Inland Revenue Service and National
Bureau of Statistics first.
“All the
milestone needs to be determined by these people, real data on demographic and
with the provision of security number.
“So, that is
the reason we needed these agencies to be part and parcel of the implementation
even with disability data bank.
“I am
assuring you that immediately we start, we will not stop. FCT could take six
months, if actually fully funded so we should get the FCT pilot project
right.’’
In addition,
he said the two meetings held in May with the stakeholders were to
re-strategise on the implementation as agreed by the federal government.
“Federal
government said that FCT should provide the structures, mostly operational
office for flag off – where BRISIN will take off with disability data capture.
“Then, it
will also provide land for BRISIN centres from the wards to council areas and
to the states.
“The second
meeting took place and the result of the meeting was so impressing, it showed
that it was time for us to move forward,’’ the official said.
NAN reports
that no fewer than 9,822 servers will be installed in all the wards, local
governments and states in the country as part of the project implementation.
The service
provider will install one server in each of the 8,812 wards in Nigeria and move
up to the 774 local governments headquarters.
BRISIN was
initiated by the Obasanjo administration, while the Jonathan administration
inaugurated a technical committee for its implementation.
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