IPV6 Council Nigeria inaugurates advocacy committee

IPV6 Council Nigeria has inaugurated its Communications and Advocacy Committee (CAC).  ICT journalists like Remmy Nweke, Bayero Agabi, Chike Onwuegbuchi, Nahimah Ajikanle Nurudeen and Martin Ekpeke were appointed to work with other experts to take Nigeria to the desired level of internet protocol. Muhammed Rudman, Chairman, IPV6 Council Nigeria, while inaugurating the committee, decried the […]

IPV6 Council Nigeria has inaugurated its Communications and Advocacy Committee (CAC).
 ICT journalists like Remmy Nweke, Bayero Agabi, Chike Onwuegbuchi, Nahimah Ajikanle Nurudeen and Martin Ekpeke were appointed to work with other experts to take Nigeria to the desired level of internet protocol.
Muhammed Rudman, Chairman, IPV6 Council Nigeria, while inaugurating the committee, decried the low level of IPV6 ready networks as well as usage in Nigeria even as the country occupies first and seventh positions in internet usage in Africa and the world respectively.
“We don’t want Nigeria to be left behind in the migration to IPV6, this is why we need to step up the awareness and advocacy campaign to ensure that ISPs, telecommunications operators, banks, educational institutions among others migrate to IPV6,” he said.
Rudman, however, attributed the low level of uptake of IPV6 in the country to lack of technical know-how, core equipment compatibility issues, among others.
Remmy Nweke, chairman, Communications and Advocacy Committee of the Council, said that some Nigerians are very tired of hearing the country leapfrogging to catch up with the rest of the world, even in Africa, following the clear depletion of IPV4, which makes advocacy pertinent.