The second
sitting of the National Council on Communication Technology commenced Monday at
the Jojein Hotels and Resorts Akure, Ondo State with virtually all the Eastern
States missing.
This is
coming as Lagos, the commercial nerve centre of the country was absent from the
meeting.
Investigations
conducted by DigitalSENSE
Business News at the event, showed that out of about 13 State Governments
represented only Abia State is from the East.
Although
until the time of filing this report, delegates from Abia State, the only core Igbo State, are yet to make contributions except
for the introduction of the delegation.
Some participants who spoke to DigitalSENSE Business News said
that its very disguising that out of the all the Eastern States that only Abia
was present at the first day of this weeklong event.
According to
our source, it’s important that the Eastern States change their attitude over national
issues by taking issues and subject that has to do with national interest at
heart.
Lagos State was
the former capital of Nigeria until the era of General Ibrahim Babangida as president
and also houses all the communications giants in the country including the
headquarters of MTN Nigeria, Etisalat Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria and Globacom.
In addition,
DigitalSENSE Business News
gathered that Lagos State play host to all the marine cable that entered
Nigeria including that of Globacom and MainOne, which shows its importance to
issues of communication in Nigeria.
But as at
the time of filing this report, Lagos State seat was visibly empty. This
concern was also shared by the chairman of the National Council on
Communication Technology and Permanent Secretary, Communication Technology, Dr.
Henry Akpan.
On the other
hand, about 14 states including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were in
attendance alongside several federal ministries, departments and agencies.
Correspondent/DigitalSENSE Business News
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