The Federal Government will begin the implementation of its 90,000-kilometre nationwide fibre-optic network project in October, the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, has said.
Tijani said funding had been secured for the project, which forms a major part of the government’s plan to expand Nigeria’s broadband backbone and improve connectivity in underserved communities.
The minister disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at the National Innovation Hub Standards Framework Workshop, organised to validate proposed standards, assessment criteria and the implementation approach for innovation hubs across the country.
“President Bola Tinubu approved that we must deepen connectivity and we’re investing in 90,000 kilometres of fibre optic network.
“By the time we are done, it’s going to be either the third or second longest fibre optic network on the African continent, somewhere between what we have in South Africa and Egypt. And this is a project that is starting implementation in October. We have raised the funding for it,” Tijani said.
