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Oghenevwede Ohwovoriole in Abuja The Managing Director of Galaxy Backbone (GBB), Prof. Mohammad Abubakar, has revealed that N35 billion is needed to provide effective internet connectivity at two megabite per second (MPS) to ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of the federal government. He made the disclosure in Abuja, yesterday when members of the Joint Committee of the National Assembly on ICT and Cybersecurity visited the agency to carry out their oversight functions. Abubakar said the help of the National Assembly is needed to enable the agency operate without bureaucracy, appeali...

According to him, the National Assembly should make laws that will enable the agency to compete with other business outfits that provide the same services with them. “To provide connectivity services at a minimum broadband speed of 2mbps to all MDAs nationwide as mandated, funding in excess of 35 billion naira will be required, while more than 200 billion naira will be required for broadband connectivity at National Broadband Plan (NBP) recommended speed.” He however noted that bureaucracy had hindered the firm from competing with private firms despite its sophisticated equipment. The co-...

Oghenevwede Ohwovoriole in Abuja Mohammad Abubakar, has revealed that a total sum of N35 billion is needed to provide effective Internet connectivity at two megabyte per second (MPS) to ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of the federal government. members of the Joint Committee of the National Assembly on ICT and Cyber security visited the agency to carry out their oversight functions. Abubakar said the help of the National Assembly is needed to enable the agency operate without bureaucracy and appealed to the parliamentarians to make laws that will enable the agency compete with oth...

3 min read Young people who have obtained digital knowledge through Informatics Institute, Kazaure or the various interventions that Mr. Kashifu has developed throughout the State must understand the need to key into these initiatives with a view to taking away ways and methods that such knowledge could be utilised for economic gains. Many will agree with me that the major identity that qualifies any society to be part of the new world is digitisation and once it is adopted and consolidated upon, such society becomes connected to the world by way of intellectual and economic d...

BY BASHIR IBRAHIM HASSAN The advent of COVID-19 has brought tremendous changes in the way we work, conduct business and socialize. These new changes are, from all indications, here to stay for a very long time—if not forever—so we all have resigned to calling them, the New Normal. At the centre of the new normal mantra is the way we are now using ICT. In Nigeria, Galaxy Backbone (GBB) is the official custodian of the Nigerian state’s ICT infrastructure and is preparing Nigeria’s officialdom to the challenges of new normal life style. Advertisement Muhammad Bello Abubakar, Chief Execut...