Making Lagos an IT State… Providing Wi-Fi To Residents And Boosting E-governance
The Lagos State government is working on making Wi-Fi accessible to every resident of the southern Nigerian State, an official said. According to the Permanent Secretary of the State’s ICT Ministry, Mrs Nike Animashaun, the first phase of the Wi-Fi connectivity would be deployed at parks located at different parts of the state. She said the Wi-Fi would be deployed at parks in Oshodi, Alausa and Ajegunle. “The Wi-Fi services will be in some of the parks in the state and when it is deployed, residents of Lagos State would be able to access Wi-Fi in some of the parks,” she said Mrs Animashaun said that the state government came up with the idea to stimulate and encourage the interest of children in science and technology. She did not state if the Wi-Fi would be free. At a ’2015 Ministerial Press Briefing in Alausa’, the Commissioner for Science and Technology, Mr Adebiyi Mabadeje, said the ministry would continue...