{"id":64348,"date":"2018-11-10T09:40:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T08:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=64348"},"modified":"2018-11-10T09:40:16","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T08:40:16","slug":"buhari-sets-ambitious-targets-for-total-broadband-coverage-of-the-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/buhari-sets-ambitious-targets-for-total-broadband-coverage-of-the-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"BUHARI SETS AMBITIOUS TARGETS FOR TOTAL BROADBAND COVERAGE OF THE NATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">President Muhammadu Buhari has set ambitious targets for a national<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">broadband network to harness the potential of the internet and digital<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">access for jobs, education, healthcare, identity management and to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">increase productivity in the public sector.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">To this end, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and the Nigeria<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Industrial Policy and Competitiveness Advisory Council, chaired by Vice<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">President Yemi Osinbajo, have jointly launched the National Broadband<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Penetration Programme, a public-private initiative to ensure the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">deployment of 18,000km of fibre infrastructure to Nigeria\u2019s existing stock<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">of 38,000km of fibre cabling.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Garba Shehu, stated this at the just-concluded 5th World Internet<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Conference in Wuzhen, China.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He explained that the \u201cgoal is to, within four years, provide fibre<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">connectivity to all 774 Local Government Areas of Nigeria. Government\u2019s<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">role is to provide the right licensing framework as well as the necessary<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">subsidies to encourage investment.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He revealed that two additional infrastructure companies have been<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">licensed in 2018, to roll out broadband infrastructure in Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cTogether with previous licensees, and other private sector players, these<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">companies will help implement the Government\u2019s vision of total national<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">broadband connectivity,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The Senior Special Assistant to the President told the conference that<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Nigeria\u2019s Social Investment Programme, including the N-Power Youth<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Employment Scheme, has provided 500,000 beneficiaries with electronic<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">tablet devices for learning and self-development.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAnother aspect of the N-Power focuses on training young software<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">engineers and coders,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The presidential aide further told the international gathering that the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Buhari administration has begun the development of \u201cTechnology &amp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Innovation Hubs\u201d across the country, in partnership with the private<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">sector, adding that a total of eight these hubs are planned across the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">country, with four already functional.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He also spoke about partnerships between the Nigerian Government and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Facebook, Google, and Huawei to roll out high-quality Internet across the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">country, adding that the recently established Technology Advisory Body<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">chaired by the Vice President will provide support to tech companies and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">initiatives.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He specifically thanked Chinese Companies like Huawei for being supportive<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">of the Nigerian Government\u2019s efforts at digital inclusion and expanding<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">access.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The Senior Special Assistant to the President lauded Huawei for sponsoring<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Nigerian students for ICT training in China, recalling that in 2016 the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">company opened a Technology Hub, the Huawei Innovation and Experience<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Centre, in Lagos with a pledge to train 12,000 Nigerians, including 2,000<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">civil servants.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari has set ambitious targets for a national broadband network to harness the potential of the internet and digital access for jobs, education, healthcare, identity management and to&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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