(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday said the state government would connect no fewer than 100 schools to internet by the end of May.
Sanwo-Olu said this during the inauguration of Lagos State Schools Infrastructure Projects and four school buildings.
He said that the state government had started to roll out fibre optics across state-owned schools to aid learning through high-speed internet connectivity.
According to him, the broadband Internet infrastructure will be completed and inaugurated in 100 schools selected for the pilot scheme.
“We are currently in about 65 schools but before the end of the month, we will be in 100 schools.
Lagos to connect 100 schools to internet in May â Sanwo-Olu
By Florence Onuegbu
Lagos, May 7, 2021 Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday said the state government would connect no fewer than 100 schools to internet by the end of May.
Sanwo-Olu said this during the inauguration of Lagos State Schools Infrastructure Projects and four school buildings.
He said that the state government had started to roll out fibre optics across state-owned schools to aid learning through high-speed internet connectivity.
According to him, the broadband Internet infrastructure will be completed and inaugurated in 100 schools selected for the pilot scheme.
âWe are currently in about 65 schools but before the end of the month, we will be in 100 schools.
He said that the state government had started to roll out fibre optics across state-owned schools to aid learning through high-speed internet connectivity. According to him, the broadband Internet infrastructure will be completed and inaugurated in 100 schools selected for the pilot scheme. ”
We are currently in about 65 schools but before the end of the month, we will be in 100 schools.
”I will go round to commission internet fibre connectivity in the first 100 schools that we have in Lagos state.
”What that will do is not only give you access to the world, it will also ensure that all of your computer connectivity, the speed that is required for you to be able to access the entire world on your palm, it is at your disposal.
Views: Visits 9 By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government said it has installed a 3,000 kilometre of Fibre Metro Network connection within the year 2020 across the state as part of the comprehensive Smart City Programme aimed at providing a 24-hour driven economy. Commissioner for Science and Technology, Mr. Hakeem Fahm, in the company of Special Adviser to the Governor on Innovative and Technology, Tunbosun Alake, disclosed this on Tuesday, during the 2021 ministerial press briefing to commemorate the second year in office of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration, held at Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos. Fahm added that governments at all levels had been directed to adopt e-governance in order to effectively serve the citizens.
By Florence Onuegbu
Lagos, May 4, 2021 The Lagos State Government is implementing the deployment of 6,000km of Fibre Metro Network connection across the state, the Commissioner for Science and Technology, Mr Hakeem Fahm, has said.
Fahm said this on Tuesday during the 2021 Ministerial Press Briefing to commemorate the second year in office of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu led administration in Ikeja.
âThe state implemented a 3,000km of Fibre Metro Network connection in Year 2020 and additional 3,000km in Year 2021 across the state, as part of the comprehensive Smart City Programme that seeks to provide a 24-hour driven economy,â he said.
Fahm said that the implementation of Lagos State Smart City Project was to enable governance, connectivity and environmental security.