A n information technology expert and the Marketing manager of Libra Computers and ICT Learning Centre ,Mr Victor Kalu has pleaded with the government to try to empower all Nigerians so that the dangers associated with computer hacking will be eliminated.
In an exclusive interview in his office in Lagos, Nigeria, Mr Kalu said that if the purchasing power of an average Nigerian was good he was sure that they the market will be strong enough to demand for only quality products.
He explained that it was critical for the government to re-orientate the masses towards this direction as it was not that Nigerians did not like good things but did not have the opportunity for quality.
He cited an example of a product like the I -pad and the I-Pod which a lot of Nigerians own as part of their personal property despite the cost implications.
His words:”recently,I went to buy a Ford vehicle and I had seen this online but when I went to buy the same product at a Nigerian auto shop they had stripped it of all of its high tech features
”If you want to buy a brand new Dell Computer ,you will spend N160,000 ,but the same Dell quality at a cheaper price will go for a used brand at N20,000 TO N25,000 with the same life span”
Mr Kalu noted that it was high time that Nigerians learn to ask for the best like Americans do always irrespective of the situation.
He enjoined local investors and traders to come up with innovations that will stand the test of time as this will go a long way in preventing the sales of cheaper and foreign computers into the local market.
Kalu Speaks:”the government has tried so many times to ban the importation of fairly used electronics ,I think they gave it a higher tariff and people protested against it and they relaxed there postures
“Do you know how many mobile phones have being stolen in this country and yet come to think of it we do not have a single mobile phone manufacturer”
He affirmed that if local firms were encouraged to look in this area it will destroy the issue of hacking.
The computer expert pointed out that buyers of computers in this part of the world usually buy them for normal usage but quickly added that if a man buys a computer the man that has an access to its virgin state was not the end user but the retailer.
According to him the retailers usually reformat the gadgets and then insert localized software’s to there advantage.
He however pointed out that the situation undergoes a reversal when using a mobile phone by a consumer that was previously used before selling, saying that it was the end user that get the private details of the previous owner.
Kalu added that people also buy up used computers because consumers believe that imported products were more durable and had a lot of technological advantage.
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