7.1.3 Strategies The Government will: i. Review and harmonize all existing Laws; ii. Enact new laws, where necessary, to fill gaps and further support development of the sector; and iii. Amend the relevant sections of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) to permit the issuance of broadcasting licenses by the Converged Regulator. 7.2 ICT Infrastructure Globalization continues to break down geographic and other traditional barriers to fast paced economic activity and commerce, making it imperative that Nigeria urgently accelerates the development of its National ICT Infrastructure, in order to support national development and global competitiveness. 7.2.1 Situation Analysis The relative paucity of ICT infrastructure in the country has greatly hindered the provision of efficient and affordable ICT services to the citizens, and has adversely affected the socio-economic development of Nigeria. Government shall therefore develop and deploy national information infrastructure for national transformation with a view to attaining its vision 20:2020. The ICT policy focus should include: i. National ICT backbone and Broadband infrastructure; ii. Infrastructure that will foster digital literacy and Internet usage; iii. Reasonably priced Universal Access to ICT; iv. Protection of ICT infrastructure, including national and civil databases; v. National physical infrastructure (including power); and vi. Financial systems infrastructure. !"#$%&"'()*+(,%'$-.(/(0120( ( ( ,"34(0:(

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