FGN Set to Launch another Satellite

The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has articulated its resolve to launch another satellite through the Nigerian Communications Satellite (NigComSat) before the end of the year 2022.

Isa Pantami, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, stated this while briefing journalists on Monday, during a tour of facilities at the agency’s base in Abuja.

In his words: “That approval of federal government which I have secured has been forwarded to NigComSat. Now, it is on the table of NigComSat to answer that question. I want to make sure that as I said that 2022 is NigComSat year along with NIPOST. I want to make sure that all work in progress must be completed by 2022.

“As I said earlier, 2022 has been dedicated to NigComSat and NIPOST, and I want to do the best I can to improve what we have achieved in the previous years.

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“I recently approved two subsidiaries of NigComSat and I am here to supervise what they have been doing, and I discovered some areas where we need to work to improve their performance significantly.”

In a bid to overcome the matter of privatization, he said the agency must provide quality service and generate good revenue.

“Before I was made the Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), there was the Oronsaye report which recommended for the scrapping of NITDA. But when I was able to turn things around from generation of N7 billion to N19 billion in a year, no one talks about scrapping NITDA again.

“So if you are able to turn things around, render quality service and generate income, no one will talk of privatising your company again.” He added.