With the country’s full digitalization over the next five years projected cost government an estimated P100 billion,a senior lawmaker said the DICT has assured Congress that it will implement a three-pronged strategy to speed up nationwide connectivity.
With the country’s full digitalization over the next five years projected to cost government an estimated P100 billion, a senior lawmaker on Wednesday said the Department of Information and Communications Technology has assured Congress that it will implement a three-pronged strategy to speed up nationwide connectivity.
Uy told Villafuerte that with his office’s “very limited budget” for the national digitalization program, he will push for a much higher DICT budget for 2024 and onwards so his office can speed up the country’s digitalization plan over the next five years. “And because we got a very small budget [for 2023], we need to spend it very, very prudently and very, very wisely po. So what we’re doing, is we are investing actually in the areas that would have the most profound effect on the population, and these are the GIDA areas,” Uy said.
The DICT secretary said, “Well, our estimate ho is about P100 billion,” to which Villafuerte replied that means the DICT would need an annual budget of around P20 billion over the next five years for it to complete its digitalization task by the end of the Marcos administration. “And so that’s going to change significantly po this year, and under the new administration, the budget that has been provided will definitely not be enough and we will be able to prove that the utilization rate would be much, much more in the coming years,” he added.
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