Ezuka Sharon
Nigeria’s leading integrated technology brand, Zinox Technologies, has been awarded a contract worth over N85 billion by the Federal Government, through the National Population Commission (NPC).
Zinox is meant to supply tech components and other accessories for the 2023 national census project.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelAccording to sources from the presidency and NPC, Zinox stood out in the intense series of background checks to affirm capacity, experience, integrity and ethical standing of bidders. The technology giant also meet the rating as an indigenous technology powerhouse with global connections, which has consistently enjoyed the confidence of leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and other tech heavyweights the world over.
Also, to its credit is the fact that it was Zinox that rescued the nation’s voter registration exercise in 2006 and 2010 when big foreign tech companies contracted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) could not deliver as scheduled. Zinox used its Z-Pad smart device to lay the foundation for Nigeria’s digital democracy which INEC is building.
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Zinox, which has already commenced supply of the first batch of about 100,000 units of the Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) devices required for the nationwide enumeration, emerged as the undisputed and preferred technical partner for the exercise after scaling a rigorous bid process involving other local and international competitors.
In a statement by the Chairman of Zinox technologies, Leo Stan Ekeh, he noted that the company had built a system of integrity and a record of excellence, both in Nigeria and internationally. Ekeh stated that until there was a credible data census figure, the country cannot plan well.”
The Managing Director of Zinox Technologies, Mrs Kelechi Okonta, said “It is a privilege for the federal government to consider us among many other companies in the world. They know we have the capacity. We are deploying all our resources to make sure it is successful.”
The 2023 census, scheduled to hold between March and April, will be the fifth to be conducted by the Nigerian government since independence in 1960 and it is coming 17 years since the last edition which was held in 2006 under the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo.
