Federal Government Policies

Galaxy Backbone Plc made this presentation at the ngNOG Jos Conference on 25 Nov 2006.

It should be studied in the context of the National IT Policy , and bearing in mind that the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) bill has since been signed in to law to implement the IT Policy.

Recently, the Federal Executive Council (FEC)- no less- approved development of uniform websites for tertiary education institutions in Nigeria, by a contractor/ firm, among other weighty matters. For that purpose, some institutions have already been asked or directed to submit required information in electronic format.

Based on comments on a Draft Position Paper prepared on the subject (itself prepared as a result of the reactions expressed by Nigerian academic and other network operators), the attached "Statement of Principles" was prepared for institutions to discuss further with their institutional heads, ICT coordinators, staff and students' unions as appropriate.

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Those institutions that are close to each other may also decide to do a Focus Group discussion based on the document.