Internet Data Cost To Crash By 40%, Minister reveals more detail
Afnews Editor
Jul 14, 2020
The Federal Government has disclosed that telecommunication data will crash by 40 percent in the next five years.
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Isa Pantami, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy disclosed this while speaking at the opening ceremony of digital skills training for ICT journalists, in Abuja.
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Pantami said the government's new five-year broadband plan would raise broadband penetration in the country to 70% in five years.
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He said the government was also working to ensure that at least 80 million Nigerians have access to broadband internet by 2025.
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"And this means a hundred more jobs will be created across the country.
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"With all these the telecom operators will no longer give excuses and we'll now ensure that prices of data come down by 40% by 2025", he said.
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