40m Nigerians Out Of Internet Coverage - NCC reviews

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has revealed that some 40 million Nigerians are currently without internet access due to more than 200 access gaps in the information and communications technology sector.

Speaking at the ongoing International Telecommunication Union, ITU, the annual regional human capacity building workshop jointly organized with the Digital Bridge Institute, the Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the CNC, M Umar Danbatta, also said that fill these gaps.

He said: "In Nigeria we have more than 200 access gaps. We know where these shortcomings are and you will not believe it, but these lack of access deprives Nigerians, nearly 40 million of them, of access to the Internet. When we talk about the policies that need to be put in place to improve Internet services, we need to look at what we can do to speed up the resolution of these access issues, because unless we do something, many of our citizens would continue to live. without access to the Internet, especially the right type of Internet connectivity, broadband internet, which needs to be facilitated by a broadband infrastructure. "