between the content and technical regulation activities, and accordingly the policy
addresses
the need
to
transfer technical regulatory responsibilities in the
broadcasting sector to the converged regulator, in addition to regulatory
responsibilities currently exercised by NITDA and NIPOST, thus ensuring that the
objective of holistic ICT regulation is achieved
Recognizing the need for more comprehensive ICT development, the policy
addresses the need for consolidation of ICT development activities under a ICT
development agency (ICTDA), to ensure proactive targeted resource application and
holistic development planning, in collaboration with the private sector. This will
ensure increase in local content participation especially for the production of
hardware, and software development, thus creating jobs and accelerating human
capacity development of Nigerians in the ICT sector, and indeed across other
sectors.
The National ICT policy addresses 23 thematic areas that are of critical importance,
including Policy and Regulatory framework, Internet and Broadband development,
Local content, Coordinated ICT development across all sectors, National Security
and safety amongst others.
To deliver on the stated objectives a government institutional structure comprising of
the following is captured within the ICT policy;
i.
The Ministry of Communication Technology
ii.
The Converged regulator
iii.
The ICT Development Agency
iv.
The Public Postal Operator
v.
Government owned institutions
The National ICT policy will be used to develop action plans for the ICT sector and
also serve as a guide for development of cross sectoral policies and specific
implementation guidelines. It therefore includes a sector review mechanism that
emphasizes
collation
of
accurate
data,
benchmarked
assessments
and
dissemination of same through sector reports.
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