<p>Ekiti State Government has commenced partnership arrangement with International Business Machines (IBM), aimed at strengthening and actualising its goals in the information communication technology (ICT) sector and e-governance.</p><p>According to the IBM representatives and government officials, in the new arrangement, the IBM team of experts in different fields who arrived the state over the weekend, would work with Ekiti State officials in different sectors of the state for the next one month.</p><p>Speaking at a joint press conference by the representatives of Ekiti State Government and the IBM team leaders in Ado Ekiti, the Permanent Secretary, Bureau of Infrastructure and Public Utilities, Mr. Foluso Daramola, said the IBM team would be working with the State Government, the State University and the Civil Society on areas such as Smart Governance, Citizen Information Management System and the e-school projects.</p><p>He said the partnership was also targeted at actualising IBM's New Initiative for Sustainable Development (NISD) through effective use of ICT in the state.</p><p><a href="http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/ekiti-partners-ibm-on-ict-smart-governance/139428/">Keep reading...</a></p>