Nigerian Minster of Communications Technology, Honorable Dr. Omobola Johnson, last month (December), at the A4AI Coalition Forum, announced that five of its thirty-six states Abuja, Bayelsa, Cross River, Lagos and Ondo are working towards the reduction and removal of multiple taxation of Information and Communications Technology ICT.
In a release on the Alliance For Affordable Internet's (A4AI) website, the Minister at the A4AI forum referred to the states as the ''Smart States''. These smarts states have formally signed a memorandum of understanding with Dr Johnson to join the country's Smart State Initiative, which aims to improve the growth and faster deployment of ICT infrastructure across the country.
''Each of the five states have reduced levies and taxes on ICT infrastructure by much as 50%, and the Smart States will make a single agency to collect fees on behalf of their governments. This reduction in taxes and fees will help lower costs of accessing the internet and enabling more Nigerians to come online.'' she says.
The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) is a ''global association working to make broadband inexpensive for all.'' It aims to reach the UN Broadband Commission target broadband priced at less than 5% of monthly income, thereby allowing billions of people to come online.
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