The Ministry of Communication Technology has also through its initiatives like Connect Nigeria, the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) and support for digital jobs creation helped to increase the acquisition and profitable use of technology skills. USPF has connected 1.4 million students in 27 federal universities while 3.4 million students are targeted to be connected by the end of 2015. In essence, within the last four years, more Nigerians have been able to connect to the internet, work and build connections.
About 75 million Nigerians are connected to the internet today. Between 2013 and 2014, there was a 16% growth in the number of users from 57.7 million to 67.1 million. If we consider the fact that the figure was merely 38.3 million in 2010 before the Jonathan administration established the Communication Technology Industry under Dr. Omobola Johnson in 2011, the impact is better appreciated.
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According to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Nigeria’s teledensity rose to 97.8% in November 2014. In that month alone, 2.4 million lines were subscribed to take the total number of connected lines to 186.5 million from 184.1 million in September 2014. That is some credit due the Ministry of Communication Technology and the Jonathan government.
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