Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Kadri Hamzat, has reiterated the current government’s commitment to making Lagos a Smart City.
Hamzat revealed this at the 2019 Nigeria Computer Society (NSC) Lagos Information Technology Conference and Annual General Meeting with the theme:’Information Technology: The enabler for a Sustainable Lagos Economy”.
Represented by the state Commissioner for Science and Technology, Mr Hakeem Fahm, Dr. Kadri disclosed that achieving a smart city is one of the biggest goals of Governor Sanwo Olu and everyone working with him.
He added that the state has all the required ingredients for making an ICT environment possible.
His words, “We will employ smart technologies to meet these challenges of societal transformation and to deliver on the six pillars of development captured in the acronym THEMES
“Now the 4th industrial revolution has crept up on us and is an embodiment for smart breakthroughs like Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things and Robotics.
“You will agree with me that Lagos State has all the necessary ingredients for an enabling ICT environment- innovation, creativity of young minds.
“It has financial power which have revolutionized people’s lives, fostered economic growth and created opportunities for individuals and companies doing business here in Lagos.”
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Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat (also known as Femi Hamzat) is the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Nigeria. He was the Commissioner for Ministry of Science & Technology, Lagos State from August 2005-June 2011, Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure from 2011 till May, 2015 from July 4, 2011, and Special Adviser on Works to the Honourable Minister for Works, Power and Housing until September 2018.
Hamzat was born in September 19, 1964 in Lagos, Nigeria. into the family of Late. Oba Mufutau Olatunji Hamzat and Late. Alhaja Kehinde Hamzat who is from Iga Egbe, Lagos state. His father, Late. Oba Mufutau Olatunji Hamzat served as a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly and as a Commissioner for Transportation in the state (1979 – 1983) before becoming the Vice-Chairman SW of then Alliance for Democracy (AD). Olatunji Hamzat become the Lagos West Senatorial District leader of the Action Congress and a crowned king through his maternal royal lineage.
He had his primary education at Odu-Abore Memorial Primary School, Mushin, Lagos State, Nigeria and his secondary education at Olivet Baptist High School, Oyo state, in the Southwest region of Nigeria. He graduated from the University of Ibadan in 1986 with a degree in Agricultural Engineering in 1986 and a master’s in Agricultural Engineering in 1988. In 1992, he had his PhD in System Process Engineering at Cranefield University, England.
He worked at RTP Consulting Services, Columbia University, Merrill Lynch Inc, Morgan Stanley and Oando Plc. In Oando Plc, he served as the Chief Information Officer and Group Head IT Strategist.
Hamzat was appointed as Special Adviser on Works to the Honourable Minister for Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola in 2015. In September 2018, he resigned that role to contest in the Lagos state gubernatorial elections.
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