The gateway state, Ogun
State has entered the list of Nigerian states warming up for smart city
with its latest partnership with MainOne, reports ITRealms.
MainOne, a communications service and network solutions company, ITRealms gathered, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ogun
State government to build two hundred and fifty (250) kilometres of Optic Fibre
cable to further enhance internet connectivity for service institutions in
commercial areas of the state, with a view to becoming the smart city.
While signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU),
Secretary to Ogun State Government, Barrister Taiwo Adeoluwa, explained that
technological infrastructure was part of the efforts of the government to take
the State on the technological highway, and pave the path for Smart City
development in Ogun State. According to Adeoluwa, MainOne would invest in
building broadband infrastructure in Ogun State while Ogun State Government
would enable ICT development by ensuring free Right of Way (RoW) to the company
to ensure the success of the project.
The SSG who also hinted that the agreement would ensure the
construction of data centre in Sagamu interchange said the target of the
government was for Lagos to be feeding on Ogun. In his words, “We’ve been
working hard and desperate to leave a system-driven environment. The MoU we
have signed in the short term is for a 30-year tenure and that would tell you
we’ve not done it for ourselves but for the benefit of Ogun State, our youths
and children unborn.”
“Today, we are taking Ogun State to the next level, people still
have no idea of what is erupting at the Business District but we what are doing
now is in line with our resolve to deploy bigger infrastructure to support
technological investors in the state. MainOne would be giving us points in 12
locations now; our model schools would be connected, the secretariat would be
connected and other public buildings’’, Adeoluwa noted.
With this partnership with MainOne, Ogun State has joined
the Smart City State train and is poised to enable its emergence as a leading
technology hub in Nigeria, similar to MainOne’s initiatives in Yaba’s
Innovation Hub. Experts believe this project will greatly improve quality of
life for Ogun indigenes and accelerate the digital transformation of businesses
across the state.
Ayo Midele/GEE
No comments:
Post a Comment