The Nationwide Bureau of Statistics, NBS has recognized the highest ten states with the best variety of web customers in Nigeria.
Per the NBS database as of Sunday, February 25, 2024, indicated that there have been a complete of 163.8 million web subscribers throughout the nation.
The figures, in keeping with the NBS knowledge, are from the fourth quarter of 2023, highlighting the states which are on the forefront of digital connectivity within the nation.
Regardless of challenges such because the elimination of subsidies and the fluctuation of the naira, the numerous improve in web customers exhibits that extra residents are getting access to the web.
The present inhabitants of Nigeria is 227,232,420 based mostly on projections of the newest United Nations knowledge.
The UN has additionally estimated that by July 2024, the nation’s inhabitants will hit 229,152,217.
Based on the newest report, there was a major improve within the variety of web customers final 12 months. The info revealed that the full variety of web customers reached 154.8 million, which signifies a progress price of 1.35 per cent in comparison with the earlier 12 months (2021), the place the quantity stood at 141.9 million.
The bureau is liable for accumulating this data additionally highlighted that the web subscriber base skilled a outstanding progress of 9.07 per cent in the course of the reviewed interval. Moreover, on a quarter-on-quarter foundation, there was an additional improve of 1.35 per cent in web customers.