By Okechukwu Onuegbu
Anambra State government has unveiled plan to quicken State wide adoption of its official government email domain, @anambrastate.gov.ng. in order to strengthening what it termed 'digital trust in Government communication.'
According to a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer, Anambra State ICT Agency, Mrs Angela Nwanodu, this was part of efforts to strengthen digital governance and ensure that official government communication is secure, standardised and verifiable.
"The initiative, coordinated by the Anambra State ICT Agency, is being implemented across all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). An official government email address is more than a communication tool; it is government's trusted digital identity.
"Using a unified government domain helps protect official correspondence from impersonation, improves cybersecurity, strengthens accountability and gives citizens confidence that official communications genuinely originate from the Anambra State Government," she added.
She further emphasised that the initiative aligns with Nigeria's National Second Level Domain Policy (2022), adding that the State Executive Council has already achieved full adoption of the official government domain.
" ICTA is coordinating state-wide onboarding of all MDAs. The migration includes account provisioning, identity verification, staff sensitisation and technical support. The initiative supports Governor Chukwuma Soludo's vision of "Everything Technology, Technology Everywhere" and ICTA's roadmap towards becoming an AI-First Native Agency," she added.