Delivering the 46th convocation lecture at the
University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), the EVC also called for more deployment of
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to facilitate socio-economic
development of the country.
“We talk about the benefits of ICT and we normally do this by
dishing out e-readiness indicators. We say Broadband penetration is 21 per
cent, internet penetration 97 per cent. All these are ICT-readiness indicators
that do not tell the entire picture,” he said.
Danbatta explained how ICTs have impacted to provide shared and
sustainable prosperity; how ICTs have succeeded in reducing poverty; how they
improve learning and make the society more open, more mobile and cohesive.
“And above all, how they encourage the economy to be more
competitive and innovative. These are the ends of the digital transformation
and not the input output figures we normally reel out,” he pointed
out.
As said by him, “It is in Nigeria’s national interest to harness
potentials that exist in the information driven age through the deployment and
exploitation of ICT to facilitate socio-economic development and improvement of
the human condition.”
He said developing countries like Nigeria are currently grappling
with a broadband divide in addition to infrastructure, knowledge and
information divides.
“Of the world’s over 5 billion broadband subscriptions, North
America and European Union control over 50% while South America and Sub-Saharan
Africa, where Nigeria is account for only 3% of this global share,” he decried.
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