Nigeria's government is looking to deploy more than 3,700 telecom towers as part of the country's push to bolster connectivity across rural parts of the country.

As reported by Business Day, the towers will support connectivity for more than 20 million Nigerians as part of plans to close the digital divide in rural and underserved areas.

Deployment of these tower sites is expected to begin in October, noted Bosun Tijani, Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy.

Tijani previously stated in May that the Nigerian government had secured funding, led by the World Bank, to deliver nationwide open access fiber infrastructure, alongside new tower rollouts.

The build-out of the towers is being implemented under the Nigeria Universal Communication Access Project (NUCAP).

NUCAP has been developed by the Nigerian government to bolster connectivity infrastructure across Nigeria, while supporting opportunities to drive the country's economy.

“The government plans to begin deploying about 3,700 telecommunications towers from October to improve mobile network coverage in underserved communities,” said Tijani.

The tower deployments are part of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration's ambitions to build a $1 trillion economy.