The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, says the Federal Government plans to purchase two additional satellites for Nigeria Communication Satellite (NigComSat) at the cost of $550 million.

Shittu disclosed this on Saturday while speaking with newsmen at the end of the 4th National Council on Communication Technology meeting in Kaduna.

He said that the Federal Government was already negotiating with China EXIM Bank for the purchase of the two additional satellites for storage of Data.

According to him, efforts are being made to procure two additional communication satellites to complement the existing NigComSat as a means of reaching areas that cannot easily be covered by terrestrial fibre.

“We need just about 550 million dollars to acquire two new satellites; we are already negotiating with China EXIM Bank, who had assured us that they will deliver the money...

https://newtelegraphonline.com/fg-to-purchase-2-additional-satellites-for-nigcomsat-at-550m-shittu/

So many things to be bought. Govt!

How did this man become a minister for ICT in this modern internet and Yahoo Yahoo era

What's a man that's supposed to be in a village shrine doing in ICT

Why not roads,schools, hospital...


Sorry just check the man profile

Honorable Adebayo Shittu,he gained admission into University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun south west, Nigeria in the year 1974. At the end of 1978, he had obtained his first degree in Law from the same university.

FULL STOP.

From the 29 billion that is to come abi from the 24 billion that is fast depleting without us using Master Card Naira online?

All those satellites that we've shot into space, what benefits have Nigerians gained from it?

Baboon from the zoo

Satellites are not used to store data

This terrorist Buhari will go and bring a Babalawo and make communication minister


Everything is for stealing oil from Biafra Land


Zoo Baboons everywhere


Half of the zoo citizens have not eaten since morning, the other halfs are living in the bush as IDPs and these criminal and terrorist buhari is thinking about $550mN sATTELITE

Buy oo o!

There is serious hunger and suffering in the land and the Daura dullllllard is misplacing his priority.

May God punish him.

Na Satellite we go chop

It's Bayo Shittu's turn to chop money too.
Clowns in high places

See mouth and face na ....$550m to be carelessly shot into the sky in this recession? Just like that? Wickedness no good o!

Buhari, who do you this thing don die

ok o

200million dollars out of that cash will be used to clear grasses. Dole

Satellite for that amount and it is meant for storage. Man wake up

in this recession/?? for why?

The Man looks unkempt

yang:
Baboon from the zoo

Satellites are not used to store data

This terrorist Buhari will go and bring a Babalawo and make communication minister


Everything is for stealing oil from Biafra Land


Zoo Baboons everywhere


Half of the zoo citizens have not eaten since morning, the other halfs are living in the bush as IDPs and these criminal and terrorist buhari is thinking about $550mN sATTELITE

so for una mind now the oil producing states are part of biafra abi?

You guys should stick with your Biafra, we Niger Deltans don't want your Biafra biko

Shittu is supposed to be the Chief Imam of Ibadan Mosque and not a minister of communications

And we dey recession oo?

Make he sha nor loss!!

It cant be for storage of data thats for sure.

But the one we hav has it been fully utilized?

Lol

harmbhrosz:
so for una mind now the oil producing states are part of biafra abi?

You guys should stick with your Biafra, we Niger Deltans don't want your Biafra biko

Can you kindly mention the Biafra States ??

DaudaAbu:
It cant be for storage of data thats for sure.

But the one we hav has it been fully utilized?

cant you read? It's for DATA STORAGE... Número uno

Look at the ugly face and mouth of a minister. Instead of him to think of how his ministry can help Nigerians dying of poverty and want in this recession, he wants to store data for 550m dollars. Does he think this is Goodluck govt?

lol...2 additional satelites to STORE information .
someone shld tell this boka what satelites are used for...lmoa

divinehand2003:
All those satellites that we've shot into space, what benefits have Nigerians gained from it?

I taya oo. This minister needs to update himself. What happens to building our own satellite if truly we need it? Abi we no get the man power and know-how no? Why plunge the country into another debt just to shoot something that will soon 'get missing' in the next two years into the sky?