The Federal Government
has approved the establishment of a Digital Literacy Council of Nigeria, the Minister
of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has said.
Shittu said this yesterday
in Lagos at the 2017 Digital Citizenship Summit Nigeria, that the Council was
for the development of a National Policy on digital literacy.
According to him, through
the National Policy, appropriate digital literacy guidelines and standards in
Nigeria will be promoted.
Shittu said that digital
literacy was beneficial because it was a requirement for an individual to be
competitive and be best prepared for today’s business world of advanced
technology.
The minister said that
the National Economic Council, NEC, had approved a policy to harmonise Right of
Way charges payable by telecommunications companies and related public utility
infrastructure on Local Governments, States and Federal Highways.
He said that the policy
would minimise the spaces occupied, burden on the roads and reduce taxes
payable by the telecommunications operators.
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