THE Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission ( NCC), Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, has said that broadband access is an important feature in communication infrastructure policy and should be treated as a key economic indicator.
Danbatta stated this during the ICT Watch Network Award Ceremony, which took place in Lagos over the weekend, with the theme: ‘Broadband Access: National Scorecards and Roadmap to 2020’.
According to him, broadband deployment has a strong impact on GDP, employment and productivity in all economic sectors.
“It can be seen all over the world that there is a higher economic growth in countries with more broadband penetration than countries with less broadband penetration.
“Hence, governments and regulators worldwide are strongly in support and make every effort in promoting broadband deployment, in order to stimulate the…
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