The broad goal of the National Broadband Penetration (NBP) Committee is to achieve 70 per cent broadband penetration by 2025 in Nigeria.
Analysts in the telecommunications industry made this known in Lagos on Friday.
According to the analysts, a number of countries with lower Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and per Capital Income have achieved greater broadband penetration, raising the hope of the same possibility in Nigeria.
Emmanuel Onajite, a research analyst whose research centred on the impact of broadband penetration on low-income economies said: “Nigeria is finally waking up to the need for telecommunications as a major pillar for national development’’.
“The inauguration of the National Broadband Penetration Committee is a pointer to the fact that things are set to change,’’ Onajite said.
According to him, the committee is just settling down to work and should not be rushed as they work on structures that will deliver pervasive broadband for Nigerians by the set target of 2025.
