Nigeria, April 26 -- The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND, Muntari Dandutse, has said the National Assembly would make budgetary allocation for the construction of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) centres in all 774 local government areas (LGAs) of the country by 2026.

Mr Dandutse, the senator for Katsina South Senatorial District, disclosed this on Friday while speaking with journalists in Abuja while monitoring of the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The senator said the move was to improve the digital infrastructure for educational facilities across the country, especially examinations like the UTME.

"Since the examination is computer based, centres for it ...