One of the mandates of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is to issue policies for the development of the Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector in Nigeria. The ICT sector has since grown in its relevance to the Nigerian economy as the National Bureau of Statistics recently reported that the ICT industry had contributed 13.85 percent to the Gross Domestic Product of Nigeria in the second quarter of 2019.
The Federal Government of Nigeria introduced the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (EGRP) in 2017 with the objective to build a globally competitive economy. One of the ways this may be achieved is by increasing the contribution from ICT and ICT-enabled activities to the Gross Domestic Product.