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The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced plans to join forces with Huawei Technologies to create Smart Cities in Nigeria. This was made known by the Minister of Communications, Barr. Adebayo Shittu at the Smart Cities Nigeria 2017 Summit which took place on the 8th and 9th of August.
The Summit formed parts of the effort of the Nigerian Government in providing a forum for stakeholders to discuss and deliberate on the most challenging issues confronting Nigeria as a country.
According to Shittu, the idea of Smart Cities would promote open data, helps to manage government resources and ultimately helps to get more revenue for the government. “We want to encourage competition among States and Local governments, the Ministry of Communications would soon launch the Smart City competition in partnership with Huawei. This is to encourage the government at all levels to take a bolder step in the adoption of digital technology,” he said.
Also commenting, the President of Huawei Technologies Nigeria, Frank Li, noted that the development and widespread application of digital technologies had transformed lives in a profound way, adding that data flow and economic development have become the big trends of our time.
“Digital economy is a new form of economy in which everyone can share. We are ready to work with the Nigerian government to create cities where digital technologies are widely applied, revolutionizing the whole economic environment and activities,” he assured.You will recall that a couple of months ago, the FG approved a ICT roadmap with the aim of creating 2.5 million jobs in ICT by 2020
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