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Nigeria’s Federal Government says that it is investing two billion dollars in technology to improve student’s enrollment and equip teachers to reduce the number of out-of-school children nationwide
The Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, ‘Bosun Tijani said the Federal Government has approved a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to support the deployment of an additional 90,000km of fibre optic cable for universal access to the internet across Nigeria.
The Minister said the project would increase Nigeria’s fibre optic cable capacity from 35,000 kilometres to 125,000 km, making it Africa’s third-longest terrestrial fibre optic backbone behind South Africa and Egypt.
He said the deployment will start in the next eight to 12 months as the government has started putting together the $2bn fund needed to achieve the project.
Tijani said the project would strengthen internet connectivity in schools, hospitals and critical institutions once it was deployed.
Tijani identified a lack of investment on the capacity of teachers as frustrating Government’s target to improve education in the country.
Source: Swifteradio.com
