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The chairman senate committee in ICT and cybercrime Senator Abdulfatai Buhari has observed that the existing law on communication in Nigeria is militating against the sector’s ability to comtribute meaningfully to revenue generation in the country.
Senator Buhari, said this on Monday while fielding questions from journalists in Ogbomoso. He lamented that the communication sector generates just about five percent of the total income, a level he described as poor.
His words: “Our law is not forceful and impactful enough, take for instance MTN, ZAIN, ETISALAT, GLO and all the service provider they are not using our satellite on the excuses that we only have one but they make profit in Nigeria and use it to develop the economy of other country, that is capital flight we will stop it”.
Buhari however said that the National Assembly could consider reviewing the existing law and make necessary recommendation and amendment to the effect for economic prosperity of the nation.
He added: “The Senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki told us recently to sit up within the telecommunication sector and call the stakeholders, to get their own input for us to bring a bill into the National Assembly that will compel the service provider to patronize us instead of sending our country money to boost another country’s economy”.
The senator stated that lawmakers’ efforts would produce a law that would make ICT a compulsory subject in secondary schools.
He said: “We have potentials in Nigeria, if we are able to implement at the secondary schools level there will be a contribution they are going to make into the economy”.