xi. Encourage ICT capacity building programme among MDAs, the legislature and the judiciary to assist in the transformation of the country into a knowledge driven economy; xii. Encourage the development of the outsourcing industry in collaboration with other relevant agencies of Government and the Private sector; xiii. Provide support for research in higher institutions of learning; xiv. Provide the basis and wherewithal for construction of ICT Parks in the country; and xv. Apply NITDEF resources to support all required ICT development intervention and efforts, and local content development, especially in respect of large scale capacity building initiatives. 8.6 The Role of the Public Postal Operator The Public Postal Operator will: i. Restructure and upgrade its organization and operations to effectively deliver on its Universal Service obligations and operate on a sustainable commercial basis; ii. Optimize current and future deployment of physical locations/outlets to maximize the reach of the public postal network, by ensuring that there is at least one public postal outlet in every Local Government Area by 2015; iii. Leverage its physical infrastructure network to achieve social, digital and financial inclusion; and iv. Establish and maintain a National Addressing Plan, and in collaboration with relevant institutions implement national addresses by 2015. 8.7 The Role of Government owned companies Galaxy Backbone PLC and NigComSat were created for specific purposes in respect of government ICT infrastructure provision, and exploitation of satellite technology, respectively. Although government continues to consider the privatization of these companies, they will continue to focus on the delivery of efficient services that serve the interests of both Government and the private sector, in line with standards set by the ICT development agency and within industry regulatory rules and guidelines. !"#$%&"'()*+(,%'$-.(/(0120( ( ( ,"34(80(

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