allAfrica.com: Nigeria: FG to Tap From U.S.$90 Billion Open Data Resource

"The Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson, says Nigeria is prepared to tap from the $90 billion dollar resource from Open Data Initiative. The minister disclosed this at the inauguration of the world's first Open Data Development Initiative in Abuja. She said the move was aimed at tapping from the huge economic benefits that accrue from the initiative, with a Global Positioning System, GPS, data worth $90 billion. According to her, the step was also aimed at supporting Federal Government's objective of driving innovation, investment and economic growth by enabling access to government data. The initiative is a consultative and inclusive process that will open up high value datasets from across government ministries to Nigerian citizens, businesses and the rest of the world for free. The commencement of this process makes Nigeria the world's first federal Open Data initiative to simultaneously launch inclusive and continuing consultations, with both government and non-government communities on their Open Data priorities to develop the country's national Open Data implementation plan ..."