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Thinking about all the industries in Nigera, from Oild and Gas to Transportation or Power Generation, would you agree with Mr. Patrick Obia, when he says that Information and Communication Technology is the second largest industry in Nigeria closely following the Oil and Gas industry?

This is the 2nd largest industry?

Mr. Patrick Obia, Head, Marketing/Strategy Follytox NetSystems Limited, said ICT took the second position among other various industries because communication remained an essential and integral part of life.

Mr. Obia made these comments as Chairman of the Second Annual ICT Empowerment Workshop and Quiz Competition, 2009 for Secondary Schools in Lagos State, organised by Fresh Brain Komputers, as recorded by The Guardian, but its hard for me to believe.

Not when the World bank says that Sudan and Zimbabwe have higher Internet penetration than Nigeria.

Now there might be a 1.3 trillion Naira opportunity with Naija code, but that has to be less than the national agriculture output.

Or am I missing something?

What do you think? Can ICT really be the #2 industry in Nigeria?