The Ministry of Communications is keen on making sure Nigeria hits the 30 per cent broadband penetration target set for this year.
The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, who emphasized on this at the weekend, informed that the government is creating an enabling environment for the sectors and young innovator to thrive.
He enjoined all relevant stakeholders to keep supporting the government in making sure that broadband becomes a basic necessity in every home.
He said that some years past, the Internet was known to be used only in the educational sector for research, but today every facet of human development cannot do without the existence of ICT.For effect, the Minister hinted that as part of the 2017 Capital Project, the Federal Government is building Incubation Hubs across the six Geo-political zones of the country to boost empowerment and growth in the sector.
Shittu said the Ministry is also thinking of promoting the establishment of an ICT Development Bank just as “we have Bank of Agriculture, Bank of Industry to assist in promoting the needed funding for the ICT industry instead of depending on commercial banks which charges high interest rate.”
Speaking at the ‘Bayelsa ICT Ignition Week’ and ‘Innovation Ecosystem’ in Yenagoa, Shittu expressed the willingness of his ministry to support the government of Bayelsa State in its quest to develop ICT human capital among its teeming youths.
He assured the state that the ministry of communications would provide all the required policy and personnel support to help the state create the appropriate framework for development of digital capacity among its young population.
“ICT is a critical component of the world’s economies today, having permeated all sectors. The importance of ICT innovations cannot be over emphasized as it has shown to be the world highest earning sector as most of the world richest personalities evolved from ICT innovations and entrepreneurship, hence the need to build the capacity of our teaming youths in digital skills to enable them compete with their peers across the globe,” said Shittu while commending the state for setting the pace to run initiatives designed for capacity building around ICT in the Niger Delta region.
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