The Nigerian
Communication Commission (NCC) has concluded plans to integrate the country into the main stream of digital economy.
The executive vice chairman of the commission, Dr. Eugene Juwah, said this while fielding questions from newsmen over the week in Abuja.
He said, about N8 billion has been set aside for the project that would empower eight universities across the country.
Juwah explained that the intervention scheme would help in preparing the country for the digital economy being unleased by a growing telecommunication ecosystem.
According to him, the scheme would be further enriched by an unfolding broadband regime soonest.
He noted that the fund would also provide leverage for four new and four old generation universities nation-wide.
The NCC boss, tagged the development as an improvement from 2014, when about N1billion was deployed for services in some tertiary institutions.
He pointed out that the funds are specially designed to the e-centres of such schools in a bid to aid their online learning activities.
The Tide source learnt that package would be framed in a way that a single lecturer would lecture several students at a time without contact with them.
He admitted that it was not part of the agency’s core mandate, adding that it is an intervention to cushion the lack of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), which was limited in the universities.
Furthermore, he revealed that the decision, will among other things, capture areas of need since there is a growing awareness of ICT.
It was further learnt that NCC provides the infrastructure, 12 months