NIGERIANS SPENT $12.2 BILLION ON CALLS AND DATA

The new statistics shows that  Nigerians spent N3.66 trillion on telecommunications services in 2015 and 2016 respectively.

yesterday the Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Dambatta, dropped the hint at the flag-off of the NCC Year of Consumer at the Commission’s headquarters.

According to him, Nigerian subscribers spent $5.6 billion in 2015 and $6.6 billion in 2016, amounting to $12.2 billion (N3.6trn) on telecommunications services at an average exchange rate of N300 to $1

This analysis of the amount showed that the N3.66 trillion spent by Nigerians telecoms subscribers is more than half of the 2017 annual budget of N7.298 trillion we need to get out of the rescission.

He also added: “In 2015, Nigerian telecom consumers spent a whooping $5.6 billion on telecommunications services. And in 2016, they topped it up by another $1 billion to make it $6.6 billion.That is why today’s event is remarkable. More remarkable is that the year 2017 is dedicated to the Nigerian Telecom Consumers".

this statistics those not include the illegal dicdualtion Nigerians subscribes face in the hands of this telecommunication company's or number of drop calls we are charged for, but Dambatta noted that the Commission was rolling out new initiatives to achieve high quality of service by the service providers.

The Silicon Valley The World Know Nothing About.

Computer village ikaja is acclaimed west
Africa largest technology market and host some of the best brain you can find anywhere in the world.....from the entrance to the last small business owner you will see creativety and vibrant Africans ready to take Africa and the world if the right tools and appropriate environment is provided..

This technology market is located in the capital of lagos state Nigeria and host millions of people daily buying and selling all forms of technological tools and it also host some offices of the world biggest mobile phone brands...like Nokia, Samsung and tecno mobile, infinx and including Nigeria biggest mobile phone store Slot. this Nigeria silicon valley also have its own story.

Taking a walk through this over crowded tech market what came to my mind is silicon valley; but the difference here is in silicon vailly ideals get founded and here ideals get killed; don't ask me why I believe you know the obvious reasons.in all of this what i  keep asking my self is what make the difference.? why do technology get developed in silicon valley and it can be copied and decoded in computer village? why can't we get seed and startup founds,and what is the role of government in all this; this question keep coming to my mind and still unanswered.

After some hours in this west Africa technology powers house I began to wonder why as the government delepretly chose to ignore an industry like this that can empower over 1 million youth in a single unite  but opt to transfer technology that will enable Nigeria  produce toothpick by 2018 hmm funny you think but true, and it's not totally a bad ideal because it's a shame we still import toothpick in 2017.

I will be completely wrong to lay blame on the side of the government without talking about the pravate sector because in silicon valley government don't found ideals but pravate company and individuals do. the role of the government is to provide the enable environment which computer village dont have and allow investors and developer's to have a playing feed to grow on. it's more easer to get a telecommunications company to sponsor a musical show than to found app developer's or set aside start up in my country. this so called big four telecommunications company only sponsor entertainment show.