{"id":79815,"date":"2021-09-07T19:30:25","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T18:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=79815"},"modified":"2021-09-07T19:32:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T18:32:32","slug":"ict-contributed-17-9-to-nigerias-gdp-in-q2-2021-says-fg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/07\/ict-contributed-17-9-to-nigerias-gdp-in-q2-2021-says-fg\/","title":{"rendered":"ICT contributed 17.9% to Nigeria&#8217;s GDP in Q2 2021, says FG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government has stated that the information and communication technology (ICT) sector contributed 17.92 percent to the nation&#8217;s gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed on Tuesday by the minister of communications and digital economy, Isa Pantami at the<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0unveiling of the Nigerian Communications Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/26\/ncc-were-ready-to-deploy-5g-network-across-the-country\/\">(NCC)<\/a> strategic vision plan for 2021-2025 in Abuja.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector contributed 17.92 percent to GDP in Q2, 2021 compared to 14.91 per cent in Q1 2021 and 17.83 per cent in the previous year.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pantami, who represented President Muhammadu Buhari, said the record is \u201cunprecedented\u201d in the history of Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI begin by commending the effort of NCC board for coming up with these three important initiatives that are in alignment with the three priority areas of president Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s administration,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThis effort of the board and the management is highly commendable and I do hope that they will maintain the tempo and ensure that the two things that are going to be unveiled here\u2026 are going to be implemented effectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cFurthermore, I want to use the opportunity to convey to all our stakeholders here that a letter I personally received from my boss, president Muhammadu Buhari on the 30th of August 2021 which is just about one week and I think the content of the letter is not for me but for all the stakeholders in the digital economy sector and I am glad that this is the best avenue to convey the message.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cA report was presented to President Muhammadu Buhari about the performance of the ICT sector in Nigeria in so many areas, particularly in that report Mr president read that the performance of the ICT sector in the second quarter of 2021 by contributing 17.92 percent to our nation\u2019s gross domestic product (GDP) is unprecedented in the history of Nigeria and ICT as a sector.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThen Mr president minuted the content to me by just saying honourable minister, communications and digital economy, he underlined it and said well done. He signed and dated it. That is just the content of the letter \u2014 just well done. And I read it, I said this is just the message. And I think this well done is not just for Isa but rather for all the stakeholders\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The minister said the \u201cwell done\u201d should be extended to all stakeholders in the ICT sector because without them \u201cnothing can be achieved\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He said the federal government will only implement policies that will enable businesses to thrive in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cA tree can never become a forest, it is only the collection of many trees that will produce a forest. 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