The National Universities Commission has directed all universities in the country to subscribe to the broadband connectivity platform offered by the Nigerian Research and Education Network.
While emphasising the need to check financial leakages due to dwindling prices of oil in the international market, the commission also said, on the average, Nigerian universities spent N60m for 155mbps (mega bytes) of bandwidth when NgREN offered the same service at less than N26m.
The NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Julius Okojie, announced the directive, at a workshop for Nigerian African Centres of Excellence on Monday in Abuja.
According to him, the directive became imperative due to the high wage bill incurred on Internet broadband by universities.
Okojie said, “We have recommended that, henceforth, every university in Nigeria must participate in the NgREN scheme.
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