NIGERIA INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT: THE NEED FOR A TECHNOLOGICAL REJUVINATE

Authors: Asaju Kayode*, Adako Dauda, Doji Cordelia Roman & Sadiq Suleman

ABSTRACT

At the global level, infrastructure has been enlisted as a salient indicator for ensuring sustainable development goals (SDGs). And a nation cannot be said to have effectively achieve meaningful growth and development without an adequate thrive in its technological infrastructural development. However, Nigeria as a nation on the contrary has high degree of non-technological innovation that inhibits her developmental stride. Hence, this study assesses the level of infrastructural technological development of a Nigeria state, and the government efforts that are directed toward meeting such infrastructural deficit in the country. By using the summative evaluation method in assessing relevant data from secondary sources reflecting the entire country, the data were analyzed using content analysis. It was revealed that Nigeria as a nation has high degree of non-technological innovation that inhibits her developmental stride. The multiplier effect caused the country’s desire to become one of the top twenty (20) economies by 2020 to shipwreck. The study recommends, that Nigeria needs to consciously and genuinely invest in essential infrastructures such as steady electricity supply, good roads, and quality educational system that will support the country to navigate into its digital future. Creating a synergy between the country’s physical and digital infrastructure that will enable it to work in a dynamic synergy not in mutual isolation

Keywords: Development; Infrastructure; Infrastructure Development; Infrastructural Technological Development; National development

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