Give Telco insensitive to drive this , govt must not be involved in such things especially an unaccountable govt like Nigerian govt. This 700 million dollars should be instead channeled into other critical infrastructure like electricity or roads.... Spending 700 million on broadband when you have heavy electricity deficit makes no damn sense like is the Federal govt going to use Generators to power the broadband infrastructure just like the Telcos are doing ?

The money should be invested in NIMC so that more Nigerians can be registered. In fact they should merge NIMC and JAMB.

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What we need now is constant electricity firstly in all major towns and cities and then in every rural communities. The other things will follow automatically.

We cannot provide electricity , good roads, health facilities, education, good governance, good government, good politicians...... Infact nothing good......

But want to spend this on broadband (probably with another Chinese link)..... The Chinese must think we're mugs.........

lets see how it goes.........


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Buhari the lion hearted man.

traihit:
What we need now is constant electricity firstly in all major towns and cities and then in every rural communities. The other things will follow automatically.

All of them are important. Besides, the government has not abandoned electricity. The government agreement with Siemens will soon roll out its implementable plans.

SouthSouth1914:
Laughable! Sounds like aiding and abetting yahoo yahoo boys!!

This is the height of foolishness....too many Illitrate in this country

loswhite:
This is the height of foolishness....too many Illitrate in this country

Then you must be a learner! Police harass anyone with a laptop and label him/her a yahoo boy. For government to be serious, they need to give an order for these harassment to stop full time!

You can’t say you want to drive the data/communication industry and still feign ignorance of what helpless and hardworking Nigerians go through in the hands of the useless Nigerian police!

loswhite:
This is the height of foolishness....too many Illitrate in this country

too many...unfortunately there is nothing much we can do to eradicate illiteracy. They enjoy being one.

A305:
Am I the only one or have you all noticed, if these guys want to siphone money, they come up with future projects that wouldn't be accounted for and in the end no one will ask questions?

That was how they promised stable power till they ended up privatizing. Yet, No stable power.

Broadband needs stable power to be efficient and for the end users to even untilize. Now, Seems they putting the cart before the horse.

If I get elected, I wouldn't use that expensive Benz Buhari rides in, Instead that CHEAP LEXUS on my page would do, so to save money.

Power was privatized before GEJ

This would have been enough to boost electricity..

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audio infrastructure MTN don pay their $2billion wey dem owe Nigeria? no accountability? bribery in telecommunication.

The problem is that any program President Buhari doesn't lead or have any idea about usually don't work.

I Love PMB

This is an excellent development. Those who know, know. This is the information age. And it's a PPP arrangement. Investors prefer when govt has a stake in what they're doing just for some show off faith. Plus it's usually a requirement for financing. There is a lot more to internet penetration to a society than complaining on Nairaland!

All this is just ordinary talk abeg. Let them provide the blue print and the contractual documents signed with stakeholders to this effect!!

Not sure this makes sense.

luluosas:
I hope it will drive down the cost of data acquisition

How can it possiblly drive don the cost .

All na wash.
Ordinary light and pipeborne water, u never do; na broadband you wan install. Things wey poor people for other countries no count as anything.
Continue to chop.

A305:
Am I the only one or have you all noticed, if these guys want to siphone money, they come up with future projects that wouldn't be accounted for and in the end no one will ask questions?

That was how they promised stable power till they ended up privatizing. Yet, No stable power.

Broadband needs stable power to be efficient and for the end users to even untilize. Now, Seems they putting the cart before the horse.

If I get elected, I wouldn't use that expensive Benz Buhari rides in, Instead that CHEAP LEXUS on my page would do, so to save money.

Steady power supply is at your disposal 24/7/365 days No Generator, No Fuel, Zero Emission, Zero Noise. Steady power supply is not a part of human right, for you to require it from the government. The earlier you cut off your stress level the better.
Email us at Greenifysolarpower@gmail.com 0.5 kva to 1.8mw of steady electricity achievable

Geekamon:
265 billion for Broadband infrastructure. We should have some damn priorities. Audio infrastructure.

where Obasanjo rural telephone projects... Their mast is all over the place without completion since 2007. This is another abandoned project.

What do we gain if FG provides cheap broadband, but do not fix power supply?

Fix the roads first ,misplaced priorities!

Audio project, and even if they follow through which I know they won't, ask yourself internet without electricity is what?