 The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Issa Pantami, has disclosed that the federal government hopes to achieve 90% broadband penetration in the country by 2023. Pantami said it's at a briefing organized by the All Progressive Congress Professional Forum in Abuja. In a statement by the spokesperson for the ministry, Owa Suleiman, it says the digital economy sector had recorded a 45% increase in broadband penetration under the regime of President Muhammad Al-Bawari up from the 30% rate recorded in the 19 years from 2000, with a 10% increase from September 2019 to November 2020.