The federal government says it will begin rolling out its planned 90,000-kilometre fibre optic network within the next few weeks as part of efforts to expand broadband access and strengthen Nigeria’s digital economy.
Bosun Tijani, minister of communications, innovation and digital economy, spoke on Tuesday after briefing President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Tijani said the government had concluded resource mobilisation and contractual processes for the nationwide project, clearing the way for physical deployment.
“We’re now at the point where, in a few weeks’ time, we should start to lay those fibre, so people will start seeing us around the country deploying the fibre. This is going to transform Nigeria for good,” the minister said.
He said the project would extend fibre optic infrastructure to every state, geopolitical zone, local government area, and ward.
“This is a project where every state,
