The Sokoto State Government in partnership with the United Kingdom is set to upgrade the standard of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector in the state to a world-class level.
Governor Aminu Tambuwal stated this, on Thursday, while participating in the UK Fund Prosperity Fund-Nigeria Project Technical e-Conference on Right of Way (RoW), in Abuja.
The partnership, brokered by the Director-General of ICT, in Sokoto State, Dr. Nasiru Daniya, was endorsed and supported by the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing.
According to Governor Tambuwal, the Sokoto State Government was, by that development, poised “to reposition the ICT sector by facilitating the passage of the Sokoto State Information and Communication Technology Development Agency (SICTDA) Bill, which is intended to speed up ICT integration and development across the 23 local government areas in the state.”
The governor added that his administration was committed to supporting the reduction in the cost of RoW to allow Broadband Penetration in the country.
He also pledged, “to engage the British High Commission and other development partners to ensure that the state successfully achieved its digital agenda tagged: #SokotoDigitalAgenda.”
He further pledged, along with other state governors, to take the issue of Broadband Penetration more serious, saying: “it is a prerequisite towards the development of the Global Digital Agenda, which could close the gap of the digital divide amongst nations.”
