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. !"#$%&"'()*+(,%'$-.(/(0120( ( ( ,"34(5(