Abia State government and the WIOCC Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the deployment of fibre optic and internet connectivity across the 17 local governments of the state.
After signing the MoU, Governor Alex Otti said the terms would lead the deployment of metropolitan optic fibre infrastructure in the three major cities of Aba, Umuahia and Ohafia.
“The event marks a turning point in the socio-economic development of the state. The group will begin a survey of the state immediately for the purpose of implementing the MoU,” he noted.
According to the governor, the project when completed would affect the educational, health, and other institutions in the state positively.
*The project would equally impact network operators whose services would now be felt in rural areas with high connectivity spots and provide direct and indirect employments to our teeming youths.”
Earlier, the chief executive and development officer of the group, Derren Bredford said the project has the capacity to generate over 1,000 and thousands of direct and indirect jobs accordingly.
He added that aside from Lagos State, where the group had done remarkable work, it considered Abia State for the investment having seen the dynamism and innovations Otti had brought into the state.
The ICT) and broadband technology company was led by the General Overseer of Omega Ministries, HRM. Apostle Chibuzo Gift Chinyere.
