The Federal Government unveiled plans to deploy artificial intelligence and expand fibre connectivity to police stations nationwide, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy and the Nigeria Police Trust Fund in Abuja. The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, said the initiative would focus on connecting police facilities to the national fibre backbone while introducing data-driven tools to improve policing outcomes.
Tijani said the project would begin with the mapping of police stations across the country to determine their proximity to fibre infrastructure and identify connectivity gaps. The minister noted that the Federal Government had already committed to laying about 90,000 kilometres of fibre optic cable nationwide, with points of presence expected in over 7,000 wards.
The initiative is anchored on the National Anchor Institutions Connectivity Programme and aligns with ongoing digital infrastructure efforts under Project BRIDGE, which seek to connect critical public institutions to Nigeria's national fibre backbone. Under the plan, the government will develop a national geospatial database of police stations, assess infrastructure gaps, and design last-mile connectivity solutions linking facilities to nearby fibre points of presence.