Nigeria, W/Africa must utilize USPF Fund for ICT-based education - Olujimi
By Raphael O Duru In Lome, Nov 19, 2020 (VYVN) Sen. Biodun Olujimi has called on the Federal Government to utilize the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) to fund Information Communication Technology (ICT) needed to run the education sector amid COVID-19 disruptions. In an interview with the Voice Your Vote Nigeria (VYVN) on Thursday in Lome, Hon Olujimi called on other ECOWAS member states to also push for the utilization of the fund in their respective countries. The lawmaker who is part of the Joint Committee of the ECOWAS Parliament converging on Togo to chart a course for effecting distance learning in West Africa, said that the region already had a funding source that could be utilized. The USPF was established by the Federal Government of Nigeria to facilitate the achievement of national policy goals for universal access and universal service to information and communication technologies (ICTs) in rural, un-served and under-served areas in Nigeria. The Fund is be...