As FG gives NCC six months to address challengesThe Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy has revealed that Nigeria recorded a yearly outflow of foreign exchange for the telecommunications sector amounting to about $2.16 billion. Following the development, the Federal Government has given the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) six months to initiate local innovative solutions to resolve Nigeria’s peculiar challenges in the sector. Pantami disclosed that in its drive to develop indigenous capacity in the Nigerian telecommunications sector, the government launched the National Policy for the Promotion of Indigenous Content to develop and create quality local content to propel the sector. The minister stated that the Nigerian telecommunications sector had played key role, as the enabler to other sectors in the development of the economy and considered critical in Federal Government’s drive towards its economic diversification from over-reliance on oil. “We shall be presenting and exhibiting 10 prototypes, fully developed and ready for the market.

Source: The Guardian February 22, 2022 15:20 UTC