Critical infrastructure essential for digital economy – Ndukwe

Ernest Ndukwe:-

The chairman of the 2013 Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF), Dr. Ernest Ndukwe has said that critical infrastructure is essential for the enthronement of digital economy, DigitalSENSE Business News reveals.

Ndukwe in his paper at the forum entitled ‘’Addressing The Vulnerability of Critical ICT Infrastructure’’ noted that the term critical Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Infrastructure for Nigeria in the recently launched Nigerian National Broadband plan was defined as “ICT networks and systems that are crucial to the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the extent that the damage, destruction or ineffectiveness of such networks and systems, whether physical or virtual, would have adverse impact on national security,  economic wellbeing, public safety, food security or any combination thereof.”

He explained that ICT networks are making it possible for African nations to participate in the world economy in ways that simply were not possible, adding that in the past, ICTs including Broadband constitute essential infrastructure of the Digital Economy of today.

Ndukwe, who also was the co-chairman, the Presidential National Broadband Committee, maintained that no plan for modern economy could be sustained today without adequate and pervasive ICT infrastructure.

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