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FG approves ICT Roadmap to create 2.5 m jobs, 20% of GDP by 2020
The new roadmap for the ICT sector is premised on creating around 2.5 million jobs, boost broadband penetration to 30% and increase ICT’s contribution to GDP to 20% by 2020.
Briefing the State House Correspondents after the FEC meeting presided over by the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, the Minister of Communication, Mr Adebayo Shittu noted that: “We thank God that at last the ICT roadmap 2017 to 2020 has been approved for implementation by the government."
“This roadmap is essentially is a framework for the development of ICT in Nigeria generally. It is also one of the pillars of Economic Recovery and Growth Plan and the aim among others is to ensure the creation through ICT 2.5 million jobs between now and year 2020,” Mr Shittu noted.
He added that when the policy is properly implemented, it would contribute to growing the Nigerian economy and increase the GDP to about 20% by 2020.
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“Another aim is to ensure broadband penetration to all parts of Nigeria particularly to ensure that by the year 2020 we will have penetration level of 30 per cent."
“We believe that the contents of the ICT roadmap would assist in harnessing innate skills and opportunities available to Nigerians."
“We know that are youths are very intelligent, very dynamic and they would utilise the implementation of the ICT roadmap to ensure that jobs are created and to really get Nigeria digitised.”
It would be recalled that African countries jointly agreed at the Africa Smart Economy conference held in Kigali, Rwanda between 10-12 May 2017 to optimal opportunities provided by nascent IT economy in the continent to drive economic growth and improve the social welfare of the people.
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