June 23,2012
Perhaps the sector that has witnessed the greatest expansion and development in the 21st Century is the Information and Communication sector. The Telecommunication industry, the mass media-Television, Radio and associated gadgets, the Internet and the Computer revolution and any gadget connected with the generation, developing, transmission, storing, processing and retrieval of information constitute the ICT sector. ICT represent a cluster of associated technologies defined by their functional usage in information generation and distribution.
Before now the discourse around the world focuses on ‘’Industrial Revolution’’, but today it is common place to hear ‘’Communication Revolution’’ taking more attention without necessarily jeopardising the pace of world industrial growth .It has rather become the baseline for any sustainable growth in the World leading industries. In fact it is becoming a compulsory requirement to be ICT compliance to gain a meaningful employment in most sectors in Nigeria at the moment.
The ICT sector is the fastest and most robust sector in the Nigerian economy. It contributed over 8% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2010.Currently it is expected to provide over $16.5 billion dollars of the total Gross Domestic Product in the 2015. The sector is exceptional and is forecast to have a continued growth with a population of over 150 million users.
The sector provides jobs for the Nigeria teeming population and could be said to compete with the hitherto largest provider of employment in Nigeria, the Agricultural sector.
The Educational implication of ICT advancement has really brought about a breakthrough such that the constrains of the past in sourcing for educational materials for research projects in the various areas of human endeavour is now a thing of the past.
ICT has come to make life easy though it has its negative side effects. By comparison the positive impact far out weight the contrary. So this development in ICT has come to stay. Can you imagine a world without computers and other gadgets like cell phones?
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