ICT in Nigeria is currently administered under the National ICT Policy
issued by the Ministry of Communications in June 2012. The policy
articulates the nation's ICT objective as to become a knowledge-based
globally competitive society by 2020. To achieve this objective, the
policy seeks to integrate information and communication technologies
into the socioeconomic development of the country for national
transformation. Nigeria's Vision 2020 is a strategic document that
identifies the long-term developmental objectives with the aim of
achieving accelerated and sustained economic development. By 2020,
Nigeria will have a large, strong, diversified, sustainable and
competitive economy that effectively harnesses the talents and energies
of its people and responsibly exploits its natural endowments to
guarantee a high standard of living and quality of life to its citizens.
The intention of Vision 2020 is to achieve two broad objectives: -
optimise the potential of human and natural resources to achieve rapid
and sustained economic growth; and- translate economic growth into
equitable social development.