COVID-19: No Licence issued for deployment of 5G technology

The Federal Government has announced that no permit has been given for the organization of 5G Technology in the nation. 

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr Isa Ibrahim Pantami uncovered this in an announcement gave in Abuja on Saturday. 

Pantami said "the consideration of my office has been attracted to the open worry about the wellbeing ramifications of the arrangement of Fifth Generation Mobile Networks (5G) in Nigeria. 

"In light of accessible records at my office and the prior report got from the controller, I might want to explain as follows: 

"The National Frequency Management Council (NFMC), of which I am the Chairman, has not pondered on or discharged any mass recurrence range for the arrangement of 5G; 

"No permit has been given for the arrangement of 5G in the nation; 

"A 3-month study preliminary started on the 25th of November, 2019 so as to basically survey and study the wellbeing and security ramifications of sending 5G in Nigeria; 

"As a component of the examination preliminary procedure, I coordinated the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to guarantee that a group of specialists, security offices and different partners completely take an interest in the preliminary procedure and my office likewise welcomed these offices to take an interest in the preliminary. 

The Minister stressed that President Muhammadu Buhari, put a premium on the government assistance, wellbeing and security of Nigerians. 

He included that the longing of the organization for mechanical headway could never be to the detriment of the wellbeing and government assistance of our residents. 

"Government won't follow up on the theories just, yet rather we will take an educated choice on 5G after due interview with specialists and people in general," Pantami said. 

" I have additionally coordinated the NCC to draw in residents on any inquiries or concerns they may have in regards to 5G,"he included. 

"I wish to thank the overall population for contacting us on this issue. We encourage all of you to remain have confidence that administration will consistently take the government assistance, wellbeing and security of people in general into account while thinking about the organization of any innovation," Pantami expressed