In today’s world, Information Technology has brought about a revolution in the day-to-day lives of people. It is time that countries like Nigeria accept the fact that a pervasive national information infrastructure is as basic a necessity as water and power. So far, any country’s development status was based on finance, industry and military.

Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr. Eugene Juwah has in Abuja said that the Nigerian banks have critical roles to play in the broadband vision of the Commission given their unique position in the economy.

As the drums roll out Friday, signaling the elebration of Nigeria’s fifty years of independence, there is the likelihood that telecom operators and their consumers may be singing a dirge instead. This is following frustrations, sorrow, tears and blood which has become the hallmark of telecom industry lately.

The celebration of the extraordinary quantum role played by the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the development of Nigeria in the past 50 years slated to hold at Sheraton Hotels, Lagos comes up tomorow

In a related development, Globacom also on the same day opened its 17th customer interface and retail outlet in Lagos and 47th nationwide, at Fadeyi area, in the heart of Lagos mainland.