BEVERLY HILLS, October 23, (THEWILL) – The Federal Ministry of Communications will now be known as he the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy.
The name change was approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC), which was chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Wednesday.
Isa Pantami, the Minister in charge of the Ministry announced the development at the end of the meeting when he spoke to state house correspondents.
“I am here to convey the message to Nigerians that the Federal Ministry of Communications which I supervise has been renamed and re-designated as the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy; so that the amendment is that digital economy should be added to the name.
“We came up with the proposal knowing that digital economy today is about to dominate the world and even in Nigeria if you look at it critically, the contribution of ICT to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is increasing by the day,” he said.
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