1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Over the years, the Federal Government of Nigeria has initiated or adopted several related policies and laws aimed at guiding the development of the ICT sector and harnessing its huge potential for national development. But Nigeria, like other nations, faces the inevitability of the technical, content, economic, institutional and regulatory convergence in a digital era of the global ICT industry. Nigeria must therefore continue to evolve new ICT policy frameworks to accommodate convergence and maximize the potential of ICT for national development. This National ICT Policy aims to produce a framework that will enhance the ability of the ICT sector to propel the socio-economic development which is critical to Nigeria’s vision of becoming a top 20 economy by the year 2020. Concurrently, the policy document will be used to develop action plans, sub-sectoral policies and specific implementation strategies. !"#$%&"'()*+(,%'$-.(/(0120( ( ( ,"34(;(