NCC Implementing Programmes To Boost Application Of Digital Skills In Nigeria – Danbatta

In its bid to spice up digital expertise utility amongst Nigerians, the Government Vice-chairman of the Nigerian Communications Fee (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has revealed that the fee is finishing up varied challenge.

 

Professor Danbatta acknowledged this whereas delivering the primary Annual Lecture of the Bichi Emirate titled, “Digital Literacy as a Veritable Device for Social and Financial Transformation” in Bichi, Kano State.

 

In keeping with the NCC EVC, the fee has over time carried out varied programmes to assist the adoption and utility of digital expertise in Nigeria.

 

He acknowledged that the programmes being carried out by the NCC would offer the mandatory digital instruments, assist the availability of digital infrastructure, coaching, connectivity and other incentives to facilitate the event of digital literacy expertise.

 

Within the assertion signed by the NCC Director, Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, and despatched to Naija Information, Danbatta listed one in every of such programmes because the Common Providers Provision Fund (USPF).

 

The NCC boss identified that the fee has been offering interventions such because the Faculty Data Centres (SKC), Wi-fi Cloud and Base Transceiver Stations (BTS), amongst others, throughout the six geo-political zones of the nation.

On Bichi Emirate, Danbatta mentioned fee has, via the USPF, recognized about 1,900 sq. kilometers of land, populated by 462,222 people as unserved.

 

“As a way to cowl that hole, the Cellular Community Operators (MNOs) have put in 212 BTS of which 112 are Second Era (2G)-compliant, 73 are Third Era (3G) networks and 27 are Fourth Era/Lengthy Time period Evolution (4G/LTE) know-how, with all offering broadband connectivity which is the bedrock of digital literacy,” he mentioned.

 

“The USPF has additionally offered interventions to secondary colleges, tertiary establishments and hospitals within the emirate by way of its SKC, Tertiary Establishments Data Centre in addition to E-health initiatives; a complete of seven of such initiatives have, to date, been executed since 2015 on my assumption because the EVC.”