FG adopts .gov.ng unified email platform

The Federal Government has adopted the .gov.ng
unified email platform for the federal civil service
of Nigeria.
The adoption of the domain platform, marked the

official take off of the official electronic
communication platform in the Federal Civil
Service of the Federation.
Addressing the Directorate of the Federal Civil
Service of the federation, the Minister of
Communication Technmology, Dr. Omobola
Johnson, said the switch to gov.ng is an
initiative of the Federal Ministry of
Communication Technology to drive transparency
in governance and improve quality and cost
effectiveness of public service delivery.
The Minister said the adoption became significant
considering several unsuccessful attempts by both
present and other administrations in the past.
She urged workers of the federal civil service to
re-commit themselves towards this common
purpose to improve internal productivity and
quality service delivery to all citizens.
She added that “though, this may have come late,
today’s event marks a major milestone in our
pursuit to use the potentials of ICT to advance
our economy. ”
She noted that the new platform will improve the
speed and efficiency of official communications
and provide the means to share, store and gain
access to official documents anytime, anywhere
and on any computer or mobile device.
“The migration of websites to the .gov.ng
platform and the unified email platform would
not only enable the delivery of government
business over a more secure and robust
technology platform, it would also enhance
national cyber identity on the internet and
improves confidence in citizens, businesses and
foreigners as they seek Government information
and services online,” she added.
She said the platform could be accessed through
the www.fedcs.gov.ng, a simple easy to navigate
portal to enable the users activate email
accounts.
The portal will also eventually serve as the
central information portal or Intranet for
government, offering authorized and secure
access to online services documents and
resources.
A standard naming convention such as
firstname.surname@fedcs.gov.ng. has been
adopted in the creation of email accounts for all
civil servants.
Special e-mail accounts have been created for
Ministers who are not part of the civil service
workforce but should be associated with their
portfolios – but still with the standard naming
convention.
Role specific email accounts have also been
created, but she said they will be extremely
limited to avoid a proliferation of email accounts
and unnecessary redundancy. These special
accounts may be used for non personal,
departmental functions and roles.
Meanwhile, the platform is available on mobile
devices such as BB, Android and Windows phones
and tablets.
According to the Minister, about 42,000 email
accounts have so far been created for all officers
on GL 10 to 17 in the Federal Civil Service, while
they expand the infrastructure and the capacity of
the platform email accounts to be created for
federal civil servants on GL09 and below.
Prior to this adoption, the Ministry of
Communication Technology with the support of
the Council of ICT Heads hard embarked on an
initiative to standardize the look and feel of
federal government websites and also migrate all
Ministry websites to the .gov.ng domain name.

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