Nigeria says it is committed to increasing the current coverage
of the active mobile broadband subscription per 100 from 20.95 percent
to 50 percent by 2020.
Mr Bolaji Akinremi, Minister Plenipotentiary, Permanent Mission of
Nigeria to the UN, stated this while delivering Nigeria’s statement on
‘Information and Communications Technologies for Development’ at the UN
General Assembly’s debate in New York.
Active mobile broadband subscription is the number of subscriptions
to mobile cellular networks with access to data communications – like
the Internet – at broadband downstream speeds of 256 kilobit per second.
Nigeria’s mobile broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants increased from 1.0 inhabitant in 2012 to 11.7 inhabitants in 2016.
Akinremi said Nigeria recognised the direct impact of Information and
Communications Technologies (ICT) on the wellbeing of Nigerians.
“The Government of Nigeria recognises the reality that Information
and Communications Technologies has a direct impact on the nation’s
ability to improve the economic well-being of its people.
“The Government of Nigeria is committed to facilitating universal
availability and cost-effective access to communications infrastructure
and promoting utilisation of ICT in all spheres of life.
“Nigeria is committed to achieving cutting-edge global ICT standards,
encourage rapid ICT penetration among all socio-economic levels.
“The Government of Nigeria is also committed to increasing the
current coverage of the active mobile broadband subscription per 100
from 20.95 per cent to 50 per cent by 2020.
“Nigeria is committed to promoting and encouraging local production
of ICT hard and software so as to reduce import dependence and generate
foreign exchange by exporting to the regional and continental markets”.
He said that involving developing countries in the ICT revolution
would bridge the wide gap of access to information among people.
According to him, if the information gap keeps widening, the
possibility of attaining sustainable development by 2030 is not certain.
“It is in this vein that Nigeria further calls on the member states
to consider giving Information and Communications Technologies a pride
of place in the education curriculum.
“By so doing, they will undoubted bridge the digital divide,” Akinremi said.
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