The Federal Government and Anambra State have agreed to work together to create an enabling environment for broadband infrastructure deployment.

In a statement by the Ministry of Communications Technology on Monday, this move will position Anambra as a smart state and will lead to accelerated roll out of critical Information Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure across the state necessary for development.

The ministry and the Broadband Council chaired by Omobola Johnson, the minister of communications technology, are promoting a “smart state” initiative geared at engaging governors and relevant authorities at the state and federal levels to address the issue of multiple taxation impeding the acceleration of the roll out of critical infrastructure across Nigeria.

According to the statement, the main aim of the smart states’ initiative is to ensure that effective measures are adopted to remove arbitrary charges and eradicate multiple taxations across the nation.

Anambra is one of the smart states selected by the Broadband Council to facilitate ICT infrastructure rollout critical for development. Other smart states selected by the Broadband Council include Bayelsa, Gombe, Katsina and Ondo. Lagos has already reduced RoW charges by 85 percent. Bayelsa has already signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the smart state initiative.

The agreement with Anambra will foster an enabling environment for the deployment of communications infrastructure that will lead to a reduction in the cost of network deployment and an increase in the rollout of such networks to commercial centres, underserved and rural areas by communications operators. In so doing, an enabling environment will be created that will increase broadband penetration -both fixed and mobile and increase access to such services at affordable prices for customers, creating digitally enabled urban areas called ‘smart cities’. Those states that provide such an enabling environment will be labelled ‘model states’ and afforded the utmost support in achieving these objectives.

In exchange, participating states can expect to see growth in economic activity and productivity and subsequently the positive development of the state, according to the ministry.

This initiative will cover the following: standardised fees for site building and approvals within the state, reduction in fees and possibility of waiver for Right of Way in deserving instances, implementation of a dig-once policy, promotion of collocation between operators in the state and connectivity to state institutions within 1km of the given Right of Way.

Recall that the ministry is working to ensure that the bottlenecks that mitigate service quality delivery are removed. To tackle quality of service issues in the industry, the ministry in partnership with the Ministry of Works developed new Right of Way (RoW) guidelines for Federal Government roads to enable operators have unencumbered means of laying fibre optics which is critical for infrastructure development and quality of service.

To remove arbitrary charges and eradicate multiple taxations that impede telecoms development across the nation, the ministry for the first time in the history of Nigeria’s telecoms revolution got state governors and relevant authorities at the state and federal levels to address the issue of multiple taxation and adopt measures that will remove arbitrary charges and eradicate multiple taxations to enhance service delivery across the nation.

A landmark agreement with the Lagos State government facilitated by the ministry was brokered to address issues of RoW, base station deployment etc. Cost of RoW was slashed from 3000 to 500- a reduction of 85 percent.

The ministry says it is working to replicate this in other states by convincing other state governors and relevant authorities at the state level to eliminate multiple taxations and adopt measures that will UZORremove arbitrary charges and enhance telecoms service delivery. An assessment of the deployment of ICT infrastructure revealed that almost 70 percent of deployment cost was spent on processing RoW, taxes and levies on infrastructure.

The ministry also says that the elimination of multiple taxes will result in cost effective, accelerated and massive deployment of ICT infrastructure across the country.

http://businessdayonline.com/2014/08/fg-anambra-move-to-deploy-broadband-infrastructure/#.U-oHHpyNzD0

Tell me why we should not give GEJ 101% of our votes next year?

I will rather vote for the Nazis instead of Islamic APC

Because he is not a member of the Islamic APC

chino24: Tell me why we should not give GEJ 101% of our votes next year?

chino24: Tell me why we should not give GEJ 101% of our votes next year?

ur 101% will not save him when we take him out next year.

GBAM!

Besides the Islamic APC would not have considered to site this type of facility in the SE, but GEJ is doing it and keep doing it..

BuddahMonk: Because he is not a member of the Islamic APC

BuddahMonk: Because he is not a member of the Islamic APC

i refuse to recommend this post!

Jonathan must win the 2015 presidential election whether we like it or not.Jonathan must be forced down some people's throats on feb 15 2015.

If you don't like what i said,go and hold a cobra by the tail or better still move yourself into a lion's den.

Who are 'we'?

My friend wake up this is morning!

GEJ till 2019!

caseless: ur 101% will not save him when we take him out next year.

chino24: GBAM!

Besides the Islamic APC would not have considered to site this type of facility in the SE, but GEJ is doing it and keep doing it..

are u ok? Gej is d president of Nigeria, and as such, what is good for anambra, is good for other states of d fèderation. Stop bleating here!

chino24: GBAM!

Besides the Islamic APC would not have considered to site this type of facility in the SE, but GEJ is doing it and keep doing it..

The more you give APC an Islamic colouration, the more you compound the problem of Olisah Metuh, who is trying to save his as.s.

The first time SE is seeing the real Federal presence in the real sense of it. Onitsha Niger Bridge, Enugu Airport, Onitsha Port, Anambra Green City, Aba Power Plant and now Broadband Infrastructure and so many others too numerous to count!


GEJ till 2019 then after which an Igboman takes the baton! If you do not like it then relocate to Sambisa!

chino24: Who are 'we'?

My friend wake up this is morning!

GEJ till 2019!

u need to wake up cos it's afternoon already whr i am ryt now.
Gej till jan 2015!

Does it change the fact that APC is an Islamic party?

OrlandoOwoh:
The more you give APC an Islamic colouration, the more you compound the problem of Olisah Metuh, who is trying to save his as.s.

I just hope you will not go on exile when JEGA will declare GEJ the winner of the 2015 presidential election..

caseless: u need to wake up cos it's afternoon already whr i am ryt now.
Gej till jan 2015!

OrlandoOwoh:
The more you give APC an Islamic colouration, the more you compound the problem of Olisah Metuh, who is trying to save his as.s.

dont mind the asinine!

Good job FG. This is why we keep calling for politics of cooperation, the states need to cooperate with the FG for meaningful development to take place. I commend the Anambra State govt for positioning itself to be used for this wonderful project. Keep it Obiano, only hope that zhe loud mouth in Owerri can learn from you.

BuddahMonk: [size=18pt]I will rather vote for the Nazis instead of Islamic APC[/size]

Nazis are even better than APC.

At least, Nazis will blow up infrastructure in Russia and other places away from Germany. APC will blow up Nigerians just to grab power at all costs.

chino24: The first time SE is seeing the real Federal presence in the real sense of it. Onitsha Niger Bridge, Enugu Airport, Onitsha Port, Anambra Green City, Aba Power Plant and now Broadband Infrastructure and so many others too numerous to count!


GEJ till 2019 then after which an Igboman takes the baton! If you do not like it then relocate to Sambisa!

all the asslicking of gej u ppl ar doin is not with all sense of sincerity, we knw what is geared at.
B4 igbo man takes that sit, i guess chuba okadigbo will have to come back again for that to happen.

LET'S SEE HOW GOATLUCK WILL SCAPE THROUGH PDP PRIMARY ELECTION.

GOATLUCK WON'T GET VOTES FROM SOUTH WEST AND NORTH IN 2015.

SOUTH SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST VOTES IS MEAGER COMPARE TO SOUTH WEST AND NORTH


LAGOS AND KANO VOTES IS POWERFUL THAN THE WHOLE SOUTH SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST VOTES

cjrane:

Nazis are even better than APC. At least, they blew up infrastructure in Russia and other places away from Germany. APC will blow up Nigerians just to grab power at all costs.

gej/pdp blew up nigerians at eagle square on oct 1st 2010 to win election.

Make sure you have amassed enough IED and start bleeping your wives so that they will give birth to more female girls that will carry out the attack next year.

Start feeding your toddlers with fertilizers now so that by 2015 they will turn out powerful suicide bombers
If your relying on vote then keep dreaming until it turn to nightmare

caseless: ur 101% will not save him when we take him out next year.

We shall see!

That was how GEJ got there..

Already you yolobass have been made the 3rd class citizens in your own country.

caseless: all the asslicking of gej u ppl ar doin is not with all sense of sincerity, we knw what is geared at.
B4 igbo man takes that sit, i guess chuba okadigbo will have to come back again for that to happen.

BuddahMonk: [s]Make sure you have amassed enough IED and start bleeping your wives so that they will give birth to more female girls that will carry out the attack next year.

Start feeding your toddlers with fertilizers now so that by 2015 they will turn out powerful suicide bombers
If your relying on vote then keep dreaming until it turn to nightmare[/s]

fatuity!!

Boko Haram is the youth wing of the Islamic APC- Femi Fani Kayode

caseless: gej/pdp blew up nigerians at eagle square on oct 1st 2010 to win election.

chino24: We shall see!

That was how GEJ got there..

Already you yolobass have been made the 3rd class citizens in your own country.

tel me when last igbo man was there not even as a president, but as vp? The thing near yoruba ppl pass. Na them go take d sit after not.
*in lagbaja's voice* igbo pple nothing for u.

caseless: ur 101% will not save him when we take him out next year.

who are the We?
is it u and buhari?.