Lee made the suggestion in a lecture on ``E-government Applications part 2’’ delivered to some Nigerians during training on ``E-government–Nigeria’’ in Seoul.
He identified the lack of agreement in public administration and internal resistance by government as risk factors in e-government deployment.
The consultant, who identified six other factors, said the second was inadequate plans and strategies.
He added that the lack of adequate human resource, the absence of an investment plan, as well as shortage of IT and system suppliers were other risk factors.
Others are immature technologies and overemphasis on technology-oriented projects, as well as rapid implementation without adequate testing and preparation.
Lee decried inadequate input from key stakeholders, and said, ``deploying e-government requires change and can be risky and difficult.
``Thus, governments need to guide and control its implementation, rather than just focusing on applying ICT to put services online.
``The people must be adequately informed, educated and be sensitised, using simple language, while the benefits are properly outlined.
``The president or prime minister must have clean mind, assertive and determined.''
Lee said that the risk factors were compiled after a study in 2008 by the National Information Society Agency entitled ``Bridging Asia through e-government''.
The consultant said that the study showed that 35 per cent of e-government programmes around the world had failed.
He said that 50 per cent had partial failure, while only 15 per cent could be considered successful
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