The Federal Government of Nigeria has reaffirmed the plans to deploy about 7,000 telecommunications towers across Nigeria to connect 25 million unserved Nigerians in rural areas. This is part of the intentional efforts toward closing the connectivity gaps and accelerate digital inclusion for underserved communities in the country. The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, said this at the stakeholder’s event on digital connectivity jointly organised by Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), in Lagos recently. Tijani said though Nigeria, over the last...