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    Invest in Nigeria’s broadband, Pantami tells Swedish government

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    Peter Ogundele, Director, Carl-Michael Grans, Prof. Umar Danbatta
    L-R: Peter Ogundele, Director, Ericsson; Carl-Michael Grans, Swedish Ambassador to Nigeria; Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Usman Malah, Chief of Staff to the EVC of NCC at the dinner.
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    The Swedish Government has been urged to support Nigeria’s quest to deploy more robust broadband infrastructure in the country for economic growth and prosperity.

     

    The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, while speaking at a dinner hosted by the Swedish Ambassador to Nigeria in Abuja, Carl-Michael Grans, stated that the call becomes necessary as Nigeria has embarked on a digital transformation journey and efforts are ongoing to ensure evacuation of the massive data capacity at landing points to the hinterland.

    “We have a plan to move the massive capacity from the landing point to the hinterland. To do that, we know we have to put in place the necessary infrastructure that will facilitate it. We would, therefore, like the Swedish Government to buy into this great idea of deploying this massive broadband infrastructure which is fibre-driven,” the Minister, who was represented by the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, observed.

     

    Nigeria’s broadband penetration, for instance, is about 40 percent but this is 40 percent of close to 200 million people, which translates to about 80 million Nigerians having access to high-speed internet together with the volume associated with broadband networks,” he explained.

     

    On the internet penetration, Dr. Pantami observed that figures recently released by the NCC indicate that almost 125 million Nigerians have access, but lamented that close to 31 million Nigerians are still within unserved and underserved areas.

     

    Nigeria achieved its five-year National Broadband target of 30 percent, in December 2018 and since then the level of penetration has remained steady.

    It could be recalled that the broadband penetration was less than 6 percent when President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Prof Danbatta as the chief executive officer of the NCC.

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