The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has assured that it was working with multi-sector stakeholders, including the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) and the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), for a policy framework to push for the deployment of 5G in the country.
Other stakeholders, it said, are the academia, Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Industry Consultative Advisory Forum (ICAF) and others.
Its Vice Chairman, Prof. Garba Danbatta, who spoke during the virtual Innovative Tech Forum organised by the National Information Technology Reporters Association of Nigeria (NITRA), said a lot of opportunities and benefits await the economy through 5G.
Represented by Ubale Ahmed Maska, an Executive Commissioner at NCC, Prof Dambatta, said: “Our goal is that when the Federal Government is able to establish a policy that will drive 5G, all the benefits of 5G will be properly harnessed by Nigerians.
“The Commission is also working to ensure the safety of 5G networks in Nigeria by having a multi-stakeholder approach in environmental impact analysis on the use of 5G and the Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) impact on humans in Nigeria. Once this is done, Nigerians can safely utilise 5G and reap all the economic, human, and material benefits of 5G.’’From The Nation.