\n
The Niger State Executive Council, under the leadership of Governor Mohammed Umar Bago, has approved a pioneering digital initiative with a zero Right of Way (RoW) charge, aiming to enhance digital infrastructure in the state.<\/p>\n
The state\u2019s Commissioner for Communications Technology and Digital Economy, Hon. Suleiman Isah, disclosed this in Minna, stating that the private Fiber Optic Company would operate with a zero naira per linear meter Right of Way (RoW) charge.<\/p>\n
He explained that the company had committed to providing public Wi-Fi services, Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) connectivity, fixed telephony, and internet access at all state-owned tertiary institutions within the metro ring.<\/p>\n
The commissioner also added that the initiative aims to significantly boost digital connectivity and empower students and faculty with enhanced access to information and communication technologies.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis landmark decision signals the government\u2019s unwavering commitment to fostering an environment conducive to private sector investment and technological advancement. In exchange for this unprecedented RoW charge exemption, the private Fiber Optic Company has pledged to install a 40-kilometer fiber metro ring across the state capital,\u201d Isah stated.<\/p>\n
Isah noted that the standard RoW charge in Niger State remains at 145 naira per linear meter, as per the 2022 gazette of the consolidated revenue administration law.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to reaffirm the state\u2019s commitment to supporting proposals that do not rely on state resources for financing while underscoring the significance of private sector drivers in advancing sustainable digital infrastructure provisioning,\u201d he maintained.<\/p>\n
\u201cNiger State is proud to position itself as a Sub-national prototype State, offering an enabling environment for private sector innovation. By embracing forward-thinking policies and fostering collaborative partnerships, the State is poised to unlock new opportunities and propel itself towards a prosperous future,\u201d the commissioner added.<\/p>\n
Niger govt approves pioneering digital initiative with zero naira RoW charge<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Niger State Executive Council, under the leadership of Governor Mohammed Umar Bago, has approved a pioneering digital initiative with…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,1282],"tags":[180,1283],"class_list":["post-22720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-niger","tag-news","tag-niger"],"yoast_head":"\n
Niger govt approves pioneering digital initiative with zero naira RoW charge - Niger Delta News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/niger-govt-approves-pioneering-digital-initiative-with-zero-naira-row-charge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Niger govt approves pioneering digital initiative with zero naira RoW charge - Niger Delta News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Niger State Executive Council, under the leadership of Governor Mohammed Umar Bago, has approved a pioneering digital initiative with…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/niger-govt-approves-pioneering-digital-initiative-with-zero-naira-row-charge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Niger Delta News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-18T19:02:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/niger-state-.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1899\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"930\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"web\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ndnewsng\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ndnewsng\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"web\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/niger-govt-approves-pioneering-digital-initiative-with-zero-naira-row-charge\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/niger-govt-approves-pioneering-digital-initiative-with-zero-naira-row-charge\/\",\"name\":\"Niger govt approves pioneering digital initiative with zero naira RoW charge - Niger Delta News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/niger-govt-approves-pioneering-digital-initiative-with-zero-naira-row-charge\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/niger-govt-approves-pioneering-digital-initiative-with-zero-naira-row-charge\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/niger-state-.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-18T19:02:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-18T19:02:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/464bc60b0ad2e2cefb4acb1ef5d7fb70\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/niger-govt-approves-pioneering-digital-initiative-with-zero-naira-row-charge\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/niger-govt-approves-pioneering-digital-initiative-with-zero-naira-row-charge\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/niger-govt-approves-pioneering-digital-initiative-with-zero-naira-row-charge\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/niger-state-.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/niger-state-.png\",\"width\":1899,\"height\":930},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/niger-govt-approves-pioneering-digital-initiative-with-zero-naira-row-charge\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Niger govt approves pioneering digital initiative with zero naira RoW charge\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/\",\"name\":\"Niger Delta News\",\"description\":\"Reporting from Niger Delta\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/464bc60b0ad2e2cefb4acb1ef5d7fb70\",\"name\":\"web\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40ef2b7d9a5e0f8e21921232ba5c9607?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40ef2b7d9a5e0f8e21921232ba5c9607?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"web\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/localhost\/nigerdeltanews\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/author\/web\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Niger govt approves pioneering digital initiative with zero naira RoW charge - Niger Delta News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/niger-govt-approves-pioneering-digital-initiative-with-zero-naira-row-charge\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Niger govt approves pioneering digital initiative with zero naira RoW charge - Niger Delta News","og_description":"The Niger State Executive Council, under the leadership of Governor Mohammed Umar Bago, has approved a pioneering digital initiative with…","og_url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/niger-govt-approves-pioneering-digital-initiative-with-zero-naira-row-charge\/","og_site_name":"Niger Delta News","article_published_time":"2024-03-18T19:02:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1899,"height":930,"url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/niger-state-.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"web","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ndnewsng","twitter_site":"@ndnewsng","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"web","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/niger-govt-approves-pioneering-digital-initiative-with-zero-naira-row-charge\/","url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/niger-govt-approves-pioneering-digital-initiative-with-zero-naira-row-charge\/","name":"Niger govt approves pioneering digital initiative with zero naira RoW charge - Niger Delta News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/niger-govt-approves-pioneering-digital-initiative-with-zero-naira-row-charge\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/niger-govt-approves-pioneering-digital-initiative-with-zero-naira-row-charge\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/niger-state-.png","datePublished":"2024-03-18T19:02:50+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-18T19:02:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/464bc60b0ad2e2cefb4acb1ef5d7fb70"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/niger-govt-approves-pioneering-digital-initiative-with-zero-naira-row-charge\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/niger-govt-approves-pioneering-digital-initiative-with-zero-naira-row-charge\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/niger-govt-approves-pioneering-digital-initiative-with-zero-naira-row-charge\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/niger-state-.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/niger-state-.png","width":1899,"height":930},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/niger-govt-approves-pioneering-digital-initiative-with-zero-naira-row-charge\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Niger govt approves pioneering digital initiative with zero naira RoW charge"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/","name":"Niger Delta News","description":"Reporting from Niger Delta","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/464bc60b0ad2e2cefb4acb1ef5d7fb70","name":"web","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40ef2b7d9a5e0f8e21921232ba5c9607?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40ef2b7d9a5e0f8e21921232ba5c9607?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"web"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/localhost\/nigerdeltanews"],"url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/author\/web\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}