{"id":57307,"date":"2024-11-29T09:45:03","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T09:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=57307"},"modified":"2024-11-29T09:45:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T09:45:03","slug":"minister-highlights-geospatial-datas-importance-for-nigerias-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/11\/29\/minister-highlights-geospatial-datas-importance-for-nigerias-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Highlights Geospatial Data\u2019s Importance for Nigeria\u2019s Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Gabriella Ogbu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Mohammed Goronyo, Minister of State for Works, has emphasized the crucial role of geospatial data in enhancing Nigeria&#8217;s security and socio-economic development.<\/p>\n<p>During a visit to the Office of the Surveyor-General of the Federation in Abuja, he stressed the need for robust data infrastructure to support national growth.<\/p>\n<p>Goronyo stated, \u201cAccurate data is essential for achieving our national objectives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged the office\u2019s century-long service but noted its outdated equipment, which lags behind technological advancements.<\/p>\n<p>The minister reaffirmed the government\u2019s commitment to using accurate data to boost security, technology, agriculture, and other\u00a0key\u00a0sectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Gabriella Ogbu Dr. Mohammed Goronyo, Minister of State for Works, has emphasized the crucial role of geospatial data in enhancing Nigeria&#8217;s security and socio-economic development. During a visit to the Office of the Surveyor-General of the Federation in Abuja, he stressed the need for robust data infrastructure to support national growth. Goronyo stated, \u201cAccurate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":57308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57309,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57307\/revisions\/57309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}