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Nigeria’s federal government has begun moves to rewrite the country’s telecommunications policy for the first time in 26 years as part of broader efforts to strengthen the digital economy, improve broadband access, protect telecom infrastructure, and unlock an estimated N1.6 trillion in additional tax revenue alongside nearly two million jobs.
The planned overhaul of the National Telecommunications Policy 2000 took centre stage at a Policy Review Workshop organised by the Nigerian Communications Commission in Lagos on Wednesday where government officials, regulators, operators, development partners, and industry stakeholders gathered to discuss the future of Nigeria’s telecommunications sector.
Delivering the keynote address, Hadiza Bala Usman, special adviser to the president on Policy and Coordination, said the review had become necessary because the telecommunications sector had evolved far beyond what the 2000 policy envisioned.
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