FG to create awareness on public internet access policy

The Minister of Communications Adebayo Shittu has reiterated the need to sensitize and create necessary awareness within and outside the public service on the Public Internet Access Policy and its implication for national development. He stated this during a One-Day Stakeholders Workshop on the Role of Public Internet Access for Economic Development held in Abuja. […]

The Minister of Communications Adebayo Shittu has reiterated the need to sensitize and create necessary awareness within and outside the public service on the Public Internet Access Policy and its implication for national development.

He stated this during a One-Day Stakeholders Workshop on the Role of Public Internet Access for Economic Development held in Abuja.

The Minister said issues like deployment models, availability, accessibility, Infrastructure sharing, affordability, relevance, online safety, data security, governance, pervasiveness, equal access, standardization, broadband, infrastructure rollout, Right of Way are new challenges confronting the nation on daily basis.

Shittu stated that one of the models being adopted recently is the provision of free internet access by Public Internet Access Providers (PIAPs) in strategic locations to help more Nigerians connect to the internet in pursuit of social and developmental objectives.

The Minister said Public Internet Access is expected to create jobs and help local SMEs compete with global brands adding that the security of the user both personally and in the transmission of information is of paramount importance to the government.