Ndukwe, who was the keynote speaker at the stakeholders' conference and exhibition on the proposed NigcomSat-1R launch earlier this week, said the absence of such a policy was hampering Nigerians' access to broadband-related services.
Such policy would also open up the sector for international investments, he noted.
The minister for science and technology, Ita Ewa, who disclosed this said as the country moves towards becoming an information society, the relaunch of a new communication satellite will ease this burden to a large extent.
Mr Ewa was speaking on Thursday in Abuja at the NIGCOMSAT's stakeholders' conference for NigComsat-1R. "Nigeria alone is spending more than $450 million annually on importation of bandwidth from Europe and America to facilitate internet access, telephony, and broadcasting for the development of the economy," he said.
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To this end, an agrinet project is planned for farmers in Lagos State.
Speaking with The Nation yesterday, the Commissioner, Agriculture and Cooperatives, Prince Gbolahan Lawal, said his administration is promoting the use of ICTs in its bid to attain agricultural sustainability and competitiveness for the nation’s farmers.
This development is part of the federal government’s desire to enhance the capacity of the public sector in order to deliver government programmes using information communication technology (ICT).
The first set of lucky recipients would get theirs on September 30 as part of independence anniversary celebrations. According to the NIMC timetable, about 100 million Nigerians are expected to be issued the NIN within 30 months; the exercise is targeted for completion in 60 months.