The plan was made known to the public by the Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Umar Danbatta, while addressing journalists in Kano on Saturday.
He said they are working with the Federal Government to implement the new national broadband plan for the year 2020-2025, which says “Nigeria must provide broadband connectivity, cover virtually all parts of the country and deploy 4G infrastructure across the country”
4G consumes huge amount of data and Umar said the ministry was charged to initiate digital strategies intended to bring the cost of data down to N390 as against the N1,000 that Mobile Network Operators, MNOs, are charging.
“Actually the cost has come down to N1,000/gigabyte of data, but the government is saying that we should be targeting N390 in the next. 3 to 5 years.
“We need pervasive broadband data infrastructure because at the landing point in Lagos, where we have all the submarine cables. We are indeed pursuing the plan. There is infrastructure and company licensing framework that could give the companies the ability to afford to sell the data to the retail agents, who will sell the data to the citizens,” Umar Danbatta explained.
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