The Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs. Omobola
Johnson has enumerated her ministerial perspective to the Nigeria Internet
Governance Forum 2013.
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| Mrs. Johnson |
She made this known to DigitalSENSE Business News at
the forum held at the Shehu Yar’adua Centre; Abuja, on Tuesday, June 18, 2013
on “Internet Governance for Empowerment, National Integration Security through
Multistakeholders’ Engagement.”
She commended the efforts of the Local Multi-Stakeholders
Advisory Group (LMAG) to harmonise the various positions each hold with respect
to digital inclusion and integration; building trust,
confidence and assurance on the Internet; policy and regulatory model for the
Internet; and encouraging local research on Internet
development in Nigeria; as well as addressing infrastructural challenges in the
cashless society.
The aforementioned, she said, are indeed important issues
and ones that the Ministry itself has been working towards solving.
“We have made gains in reducing the digital divide and are
increasing digital inclusion and integration. Initiatives such as the Rural Broadband
Initiative have seen an extension of broadband infrastructure in rural areas,” she
said.
Various initiatives on the provision of public access venues
have seen the establishment in total of over 2,300 e-Libraries, Community Communication
Centres and Rural IT Centres across the country.
“We have also made students a priority, expanding access in our schools and tertiary institutions; testing of a fibre-optic network connecting 27 Federal Universities is on-going and the National Research and Education Network (NgREN) will be formally launched next month,” she said.
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