FREE INTERNET IN ALL NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES

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Surfwella, a free Wi -Fi facility , will be made available in Nigerian universities , from this week , to give a boost to Stertiary education in the country .
The Chief Marketing Officer, Surfwella, Olusola Bankole , said on Sunday that the firm would make available the free Wi- Fi in all university campuses in the country .
Surfwella is a Corporate Social Responsibility initiative of an indigenous 4G operator , Cyberspace Network Limited, and a platform for social and cognitive computing .
“ The University of Abuja will be the first beneficiary, with the service scheduled for launch on the institution ’s campus this week Wednesday , ” Bankole said .
According to him , while the firm is unveiling the service at the University of Abuja and other institutions, it is still building and adding more features on the Internet infrastructure .
“ The usage is totally free . No payment , no subscription , no data purchase , and no need for modems . It is free Internet in the most useable form on the Wi-Fi , ” he said .
He said , “ The Lagos State University will be next , followed in quick succession by the College of Agric , Lafiaji, and the University of Lagos . ”
Bankole said that Surfwella was doing this as a way to give back to the society .
“ It is our own form of Corporate Social Responsibility . It is all about empowering the students to be globally competitive , and access to free Internet is the best way to empower the budding oncoming Generation -Z .
“ The whole idea of this project is to ensure that future graduates from universities across the country will compete with their contemporaries from other countries of the globe . More so , the surest way to be an entrepreneur is acquiring Information and Communications Technology skills , ” he added.

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