The Minister of Communications, Barrister Adebayo Shittu, has said his Ministry and Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) had been working hand-in-hand, focusing their attention on enabling access to affordable internet for all Nigerians.
Disclosing this at the First A4AI –Nigerian Coalition meeting held in Abuja, the minister added that the ministry and A4AI shared a common goal of making the internet universally affordable for all who wanted to use it.
In a statement issued at the weekend and made available to New Telegraph by the Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations Unit of the ministry, Mr.Henshaw Ogubike, the minister said the goal was quantified in a measure of having one gigabyte of bandwidth that would not cost more than two percent of a person’s monthly income.
Shittu stated that the meeting was a lead-up to the 2017 scorecard that was expected to come out with a common position on how to have an improved synergy amongst the various stakeholders for the effective implementation of the ICT strategic roadmap and broadband implementation in 2017.
He further said the meeting would also serve as an opportunity to have a general overview of the economy and to discuss the framework for the full implementation of the national broadband plan, its key priorities and deliverables.
According to the statement, the minister re-affirmed government’s commitment towards diversifying the country’s economy by leveraging on ICT and taking steps to revitalise the ICT sector and re-strategise the ICT ecosystem that would further identify policy benefits, business opportunities, technology solutions, share best practices
