The Nigerian Government under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has improved 4G coverage across the country from 23% to 77.52%, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said.

The Vice President disclosed this on Tuesday during the 3rd Ministerial Performance Review Retreat in Abuja while disclosing improvements made in the digital economy.

According to him, Nigeria’s broadband coverage has improved from 33.7% to 44.65% in the past 2 years alone.

He listed what he said are the biggest contribution of the digital economy to Nigeria’s economic growth, including the deployment of 5G technology and the exponential growth of the following Nigerian tech unicorns: Flutterwave, O-Pay, Andela, Interswitch, Jumia, Piggyvest, and Paystack.

What the Vice President said:
Prof. Osinbajo emphasized that the digital economy is one of the major achievements of the administration, noting that the rapid expansion of broadband access has been a game changer.

“In August 2019, the broadband coverage was 33.7% and today it is 44.65%, representing close to 13 million new broadband users. There were 13,823 4G base stations and we now have 36,751, representing a 165.86% increase.

“The percentage of 4G coverage across the country also increased from 23% to 77.52%. The expansion has also been helped by the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy directly engaging the.”

He then spoke about Nigeria’s 5G ambition, pointing out the benefits of the fifth-generation network and how it will contribute to Nigeria’s economic growth.

“We now have Presidential approval for the 5G policy. In terms of density, 4G allows connection to about 1 million devices in 500 square kilometers, while 5G will allow the same number of devices in just 1 square kilometer. There are also very fast data rates of the 5G and more efficient energy usage.”

The Vice President went on to assert that the cost of data has crashed from N1,200 per GB in 2019 to about N360 today, thus making it easier for Nigerians to connect to the Internet.

“Now the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy has embarked on the National Information and Communications Technology Infrastructure Backbone II, (NICTIB II) to connect 20 States with fiber optics that had not been connected in NICTIB I.”
What you should know

Recall that Nairametrics reported in July that The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, said that Nigeria’s broadband penetration recorded a quantum leap in the last 7 months from November 2021 to May 2022, with a record of 7 million new subscriptions.

Danbatta said: “Internet subscribers have grown from 90 million in 2015 to 150.36 million as of May 2022. Also, within the period under review, broadband penetration increased from 8% to 43.67%, indicating that over 83.3 million subscribers are on broadband networks of 3G and 4G. Indeed, between November 2021 and May 2022, the networks have added 7 million new users.”

“It is our belief that the communications industry will continue to experience more quantum leaps that will be ben

eficial to the nation’s economy and its citizens.”

https://nairametrics.com/2022/10/19/nigeria-has-improved-4g-coverage-from-23-to-77-52-osinbajo/

VP Osinbajo in his wisdom championed successfully the change in policy that pave way for our fintech companies to have that friendly environment which they now worth a billion dollars each.

Ps
Make sure you have the fact before you can disagree with what the VP said. Ask yourself if you have a good source like NCC

Wow this is Great

This is highly commendable

I wonder why the credit was given to buhari...... Mtcheeeew

Wow such mediocrity

This is the real video of Peter Obi talking about China pulling 439m people out of Poverty


I watched that video twice yesterday and PO was talking about China

But nairaland mods pushed a doctored video to front page to malign PO that he said he pulled 439 million people out of poverty


Great news is that the people he was addressing in Kaduna heard him loud and clear and were clapping for him, very learned fellows

Nigeria shall be great again



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMangkVCVYg

Dis man work 4 aso rock na jst to dey gv statistics nd condolence visit, while d cabal dey take decisions

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Is unfortunate that this man is not our presidential candidate

No lies

kk2027:
Meanwhile

nairaland has since lost its glory

Moving Peter Obi's doctored video is the height of bigotry on this page

Seun your moderators will soon ruin this site if you dont leave twitter and come and take charge here. The integrity of this site is fully compromised

Lol

Electioneering season has started and nobody cares about what the FG says

We have made the mistake of falling for the wins of APC but 2023 is the right time for us to mend such past mistakes

4G has improved but some APC party members are fighting against the use of electronic transmission of election results

We must vote wisely to protect our sanity and the prosperity of our country

Smart dude

Rubbish

Is this man still alive?

How a distinguished professor could be boxed in a corner to be reading newspapers only and given permission to speak on certain issues baffles me yet a tout, a bad omen, the harbinger of death, the man who ordered the military to kill over 200 Nigerian youths for demanding an end to police brutality is given so much attention in the media.

2023 is the time to get it right! Osibanjo is a national asset to Nigeria if ONLY allowed to operate.

No be lie...

Na 5g we dey wait...

I gats test it with my Samsung...

Our vice

The government should not take credit for this.thanks to the telcoms.

Data go Dey vanish oh!

KillSars:
No be lie...

Na 5g we dey wait...

I gats test it with my Samsung...

I would have voted for Osinbajo. We missed the realest one.

Wailers will wail as usual

This is correct

That;s why BVAS and electronic transmission is very possible for the elections next year

But I am readin some lamba in that speech

For example which 20 states are not connected on fibre optics? That's more than half of the states. How did they now achieve 4G coverage of 77% if less than half of the country have broadband access? I hope this is not another ploy to disappear money on some phantom fibre optics connection

Secondly whoever wrote that speech is high on some kind of weed. 5G is not energy efficient like 4G and has limited coverage compared to 4G so where is he getting that figure of 1million devices in 1 sq km from? Is he whining Nigerians through the VP?

Oh and which data is 360naira per GB? Na wa o

To think that this man is good but still dine with them and still have the urge to say he will continue Buhari's legacy then you are mistaken.

osibanjo is no different from buhari the only reason why people think he is good is because he is yet to be in a position where can make major decisions.

Someone whose godfather is tinubu... Tueh!

kk2027:
Meanwhile

nairaland has since lost its glory

Moving Peter Obi's doctored video is the height of bigotry on this page

Seun your moderators will soon ruin this site if you dont leave twitter and come and take charge here. The integrity of this site is fully compromised

but the integrity is always intact anytime u people photoshop tinubu pictures or doctors his videos n it hits front page?

What happen to biafrasay n biafragist?
What happened to Russia hackers attacking nairaland during nnamdi kanu madness?

KIDfurniture:
Data go Dey vanish oh!

Baba God go continue to dey run am..
#believe