The Federal Government of Nigeria is set to partner with the Nigeria Software Testing Qualification Board (NGSTQB) in democratizing software testing considering the increase in the integration of software in every aspect of human life.
However, licensed professionals will be charged with the responsibility of providing software testing services as the Board intends to collaborate with major stakeholders in different sectors to train and certify 50,000 software testers in the next couple of years.
The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami made this known at at a one-day virtual workshop organized by the Nigeria Software Testing Qualification Board (NGSTQB) with the theme. According to him, “Role of Software Testing in Nigeria’s Digital Economy. “
He also sort the cooperation of the NGSTQB which was represented by the Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Kashifu Inuwa said. “We want to see how we can license some of you to provide these services, that means if I develop software, I need to come to a certified tester to make sure I meet the standard quality assurance; all the basic bug-free, and the vulnerability assessment before I am able to sell that software”. The Minister said.
He equally noted that this will eliminate having the market loaded with software with a lot of vulnerabilities.
In his words, “We are working on building the capacity of one million developers in the next 18 months and we know we cannot do it alone that is why we need people like you to help us achieve this
We are already working with some multinationals to help us on this and we also need the indigenous people to key into this initiative and we also need as many testers as developer. “
Prof. Pantami revealed in achieving the ambitious target of 95% digital literacy, there is a need to build the literacy of citizens to understand that digital services is essential.
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