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Nigeria
has a broadband plan that would enable all Nigerians to have access to the internet
in the next five years.
The Vice
President Namadi Sambo, who was represented by the Minister of Communications
Technology, Mrs Omobola Johnson made
this known at the opening of the 53rd
council meeting and 11th annual forum of the Commonwealth Telecommunications
Organisation (CTO), titled “Innovation through broadband’’ in Abuja and
stressed that the job on broadband in Nigeria
was not yet done, DigitalSENSE
Business News reports.
He
said that the impact of broadband technology on development was so significant
that every country was pursuing strategy to expand the reach and utilisation of
its services as millions of people that previously did not have access to
telephone and internet now have access.
“To
me as a public servant, the most significant contribution broadband has made is
the way it has facilitated in informing and empowering the public to which we
all owe broadband our highest duty. Nigeria has made impressive gain in the
field of telecommunications and we are paving the way to the connectivity of
all Nigerians to broadband even in the next five years, ‘’Sambo said.
He said
that almost 40 per cent of the world’s populations are now online through
broadband service and called on stakeholders at the forum to focus on how to
access the different stages of broadband development and to discover the best
practice strategy for moving forward in broadband connectivity.
“Global
Internet penetration has continued to increase and almost 40 per cent of world
population is now online. However the numbers of people connected to Internet
are fewer in the developing countries than developed ones.
“Internet
penetration is faster among the youths and it is therefore the reason why this
forum will focus on the use of ICT by youths. The number of facebook users is
becoming an informal indicator of the social media. Nigeria recently became the
location of the largest users of facebook in sub-Saharan Africa,’’ he said.
DigitalSENSE Business News noted
that the forum would also focus on women, empowerment and ICT, since women make
up about 50 per cent of the population and workforce in the country.
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Pix: Vice President Namadi Sambo
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