The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, has reiterated the Federal Government’s push to expand digital connectivity nationwide, citing plans to deploy 90,000 kilometres of open-access fibre, thousands of telecommunications towers and two communications satellites.
Tijani disclosed this while announcing his decision to withdraw from the race for the position of Deputy Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union, saying he had chosen to remain focused on delivering the government’s digital transformation agenda in Nigeria.
He said the government had an “unprecedented opportunity” to deliver several transformative projects, including Project BRIDGE, which will deploy 90,000km of open-access fibre infrastructure nationwide.
The fibre project is expected to be complemented by the National Connectivity Acceleration Programme, which will extend mobile connectivity to underserved and unserved communities through thousands of new telecommunications towers.
Tijani also listed two new communications satellites, a national alphanumeric postcode system and Nigeria Web Design Standards among
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