Nigeria is an overtly dependent nation, even for a technology as free and common as the internet we are still very much dependent on the rest of the world. You can see by our continued woe at internet access since the ill fated glo1 submarine cable issues.

This has resulted in the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (www.nira.org.ng), Nigeria Internet eXchange Point (www.ixpn.net.ng) and the Federal Government to begin finding ways to mend things for the Nigerian Internet before things goes out of control when we'll find that all we have as a nation is held as property by other nations.

Attend the Nigerian Local Internet Content Forum next week, April 25-26 2013 and make your opinion heard for the way forward for Nigeria. Personally I have the following questions:

1. why can't I host my website locally in Nigeria?
2. Why is the cost of broadband access in Nigeria higher than anywhere else in the world?
3. How do I make money from my creative writings online?
4. How do I kill the "fraud" perception everyone online has for me, simply cos I'm Nigerian?

Got your interests too? The Honorable Minister of Communications (Tech) will be there to articulate the way forward for Nigerian Internet. see www.licf.ng for more details, call 08093878113, 08036794338