NiMet, NITDA Strengthen Alliance to Deepen ICT Deployment in Weather Forecasting, Data Management
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) are set to formalise a new phase of strategic collaboration after both Director Generals met in Abuja on 3rd November 2025 to explore joint priority areas in digital transformation, meteorological innovation and advanced data solutions.
NiMet’s Director General, Professor Charles Anosike, who led his team to the courtesy visit at NITDA headquarters, stated that Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has become central to the operations of modern meteorological services globally, stressing that Nigeria must continue to deepen digital capacity and technological innovation to maintain relevance and credibility.
Anosike noted that effective weather forecasting, climate data collection, processing, interpretation, storage, and dissemination are now almost entirely driven by ICT infrastructure and digital tools.
According to him, strengthening NiMet’s collaboration with Nigeria’s chief IT policy institution is therefore critical to improving service quality across sectors including aviation, agriculture, marine operations, and disaster risk management.
“ICT is an essential tool for weather forecasting and the analysis of complex climate data,” Anosike said. “For us, this partnership is not just timely, it will help enhance the credibility of NiMet’s services and boost the value we deliver to all key sectors of the economy.”
The NiMet boss also revealed that the agency has built significant internal capacity in digital product development, noting that NiMet staff developed METEOWIZ – a proprietary meteorological technology solution – entirely in-house.
Anosike described METEOWIZ as the first of its kind in Africa, adding that this represents a major breakthrough for homegrown Nigerian meteorological innovation and demonstrates NiMet’s potential to build indigenous technology that could be standardised and exported.
NITDA’s Director General, Kashifu Inuwa, commended NiMet’s strides and underscored the importance of collaboration between both agencies, describing technology as a powerful enabler that cuts across every profession.
“Better late than never,” he said regarding the renewed partnership drive, stressing that NITDA’s national mandate is to deepen the integration of ICT into critical sectors of the economy and accelerate Nigeria’s digital transformation.
Following detailed discussions, both agencies agreed to jointly develop and sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to guide the new collaboration framework.
The MoU is expected to cover a wide scope of work including capacity building, innovation projects, data handling standards, advanced digital tools for forecasting and early warning systems, and possible technology export prospects.
Both DGs also agreed on the formation of a Joint Technical Committee which will immediately begin to identify specific projects and programmes for implementation, especially those targeted at enhancing digital service delivery to Nigerians.
The renewed alignment between NiMet and NITDA is expected to fast-track the deployment of cutting-edge IT solutions in meteorological operations across the country, while strengthening data accuracy, service delivery efficiency and Nigeria’s global competitiveness in climate intelligence.
The partnership, stakeholders say, marks a major step forward in Nigeria’s journey towards a more digitally enabled, innovation-driven and sustainable economy.
