To curb the spread of the COVID-19 in the country, the Federal Government is applying measures to safeguard its personnel by using telepresence facilities deployed by the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy through the Galaxy Backbone (GBB) Limited, a parastatal agency under the ministry.
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, had earlier directed GBB to utilise its telepresence and collaboration facilities to ensure government functions continue while maintaining social distancing.
Complying to this directive, the GBB positioned their telepresence and collaboration facilities to ensure productivity, enhance security and reduce the cost of communication during this period.Video conferencing terminals have been installed at over 120 Federal Government institutions, including the offices of the Vice President, 26 ministers, 17 ministers of state, Chief of Staff to the President, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Head of Civil Service of the Federation, 37 federal permanent secretaries, Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and other key ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government.
A statement from the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy “calls and Conferences are secured with end to end encryption within GBB operated government network.
“GBB also has the capacity to provide both public and private sector organisations secure and reliable telepresence services from its State-of-the-Art Unified Communication Services (UCS) platform.”
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