APPENDIX 2 - SELECTED TARGET DATES

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Objective / Strategy

Target year
end

1.

Identify R&D focus areas with the involvement of Industry, Academia

2013

and Research institutions.
2

Provide institutional support for addressing the incidence of multiple

2013

taxation and regulation in the ICT sector.
3

Provide a clear roadmap for harvesting the “digital dividend” spectrum

2013

and ensure competitive allocation of the resource.
4

Implement steps that will encourage manufacturers to set up factories

2013

for the manufacture of Set Top Boxes that are required for the
transition from analogue to digital broadcasting.
5

Pursue the development of an ICT Local Content Plan for Nigeria

2013

6

Develop and implement ICT training programs for public sector

2013

employees, in connection with introduction of e-Government and other
digital functions within Government offices; and
7

Coordinated ICT Development in All sectors:

2014

By end of 2015, all sectors would have developed (where none exists)
or updated their ICT for Development Plans that are aligned to this
Policy document.
8

Create a Computer Emergency Readiness and Response ecosystem

2014

with apex, sectoral and institutional Computer Emergency Response
Teams (CERT’s), as needed, to serve as standby teams of experts
that are able to respond to national emergencies, especially cyberthreats, attacks and cyber warfare.
9

Introduce mandatory training and appropriate courses in ICT at all

2014

tiers of education.
10

Develop a licensing regime for signal distributors

2014

11

Ensure that traditionally marginalized groups become an integral part

2014

of the ICT stakeholder community, as participants, innovators, leaders
and beneficiaries of the knowledge economy in the emergent
information society in Nigeria.

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