FG To Launch Fibre-Optic Network Connecting 27 Universities

[Shola Sholaz]

The Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs Omobola Johnson, said that the Federal Government would launch its Fibre optic Research and Education Network, connecting 27 universities to the Internet by July.
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Johnson announced the plan in Abuja on Tuesday at the ongoing Ministerial Platform when she presented the ministry's achievements in the two years of the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan.
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She said the project currently being tested was part of the ministry's initiative to make Nigerian students a priority in the development of  the Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector.
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She said that the project was in collaboration with Ministry of Education, National Universities Commission, Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) and World Bank STEP-B in the deployment of the education network to institutions.