Commenting, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, attributed the growth of the telecoms sector to government’s commitment to a digital economy.
In the ‘Nigeria Medium-Term National Development Plan 2021-2025: Volume II’, the government said it plans to increase the contribution of the ICT sector to GDP to 30 per cent by 2025.The Federal Government stated that it would achieve this increase in the number of jobs from cross-sectoral partnerships and projects; ensure a gigabyte of data is N200 and reduce the gender gap in access to digital tools.
However, over the course of the year, telecom companies have been lamenting how unfavourable operating environment had been negatively impacting their ability to deliver their services optimally. They proposed that the current price floor of calls should be increased from N6.4 to N8.95 while the price cap of SMS should move from N4 to N5.61.
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