RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT TO DEPLOY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO DRIVE DEVELOPMENT
The Rivers State Government is to deploy Artificial Intelligence (AI) to significantly enhance its operational efficiency and transform the experiences of its citizens.
He said that it was now imperative for policy makers to draw up futuristic plans that can strengthen governance when implemented while also protecting the interest of the people.
Fubara made the remarks when participants of the Executive Intelligence Management Course Syndicate of the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS) paid him a courtesy visit at Government House in Port Harcourt on Monday.
He stated that the advanced societies were accelerating the use of artificial intelligence because it enables a faster data-driven decision-making process and allows administrations to make more informed choices that are based on accurate and real-time insights.
The society he said is moving from the physical battle to intellectual battle with Artificial Intelligence as the right model to use to fight crime saying the state needs policies that are strong, futuristic, and can strengthen governance as well as policies that would protect the interest of the common man.
Governor Fubara assured that his Administration was determined to work with the institute to build a strong synergy that will ease the processes of governance and directed the Secretary of the State Government to sustain contact with the group so that its final report can be made available for the State to study and implement.
The Head of the delegation of the participants of the Executive Intelligence Management Course (EIMC) 17, Syndicate 5) of the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS), Didacus Egbeji, said that officers at the rank of not less than Deputy Directors were in the State for a weeklong study tour as part of requirements of their 10- month course at the institute.
Egbeji, who is also the Deputy Commandant of the National Institute for Security Studies, explained that the participants are strategic leaders who, in the next 5 years, are likely to be heading their different agencies and will be using gains from the training to ensure efficiency at their agencies.
He stated that at the end of the tours, they will do a review, put reports together and present it as an Executive Brief to President Bola Tinubu through the Office of the Vice President.
