{
  "id": 12732160,
  "title": "FG Urged to Accelerate Fibre Rollout Project Delivery to Close Connectivity Gap",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/fg-urged-to-accelerate-fibre-rollout-project-delivery-to-close",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-07T23:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/10/08/fg-urged-to-accelerate-fibre-rollout-project-delivery-to-close-connectivity-gap/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The federal government has been urged to expedite the delivery of Project BRIDGE, a plan to roll out a 90,000 km national fibre optic cable backbone across Nigeria. This initiative aims to provide uninterrupted internet access to all Nigerians and address the middle-mile connectivity gap. Stakeholders have also recommended complementary measures to improve power availability and reliability for digital infrastructure, maintain policy consistency, and create financing structures that lower the cost of capital for the telecoms sector. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) was advised to continue its reforms, including tariff realignment, designating critical national information infrastructure, and engaging in Right of Way (RoW) discussions with states. Additionally, the NCC was advised to publish the first national Nigeria Digital Connectivity Index report, advance open-access and wholesale regulation, and finalize the direct-to-device framework. These recommendations were made at the Nigeria Digital Connectivity Investment Forum 2026, organized by the NCC in partnership with Swedfund and Ookla.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}