Neglecting data centres poses a growing threat to government operations and security

The government’s decision to shut down the National Information Technology Center (NITC) has not yet been implemented. Due to an inadequate implementation plan, the decision, which was supposed to take effect in July, has proven ineffective.

In the budget for the fiscal year 2023/24, it was announced that the NITC would be abolished, and all of its functions would be transferred to the Department of Information Technology starting in July. This announcement has confused the operation and management of the government’s data centre.