The Federal Government is set to deploy the Five Generation network, 5G in Nigeria for increased connectivity.
Minister of Communication and Digital Economy Isa Pantami announced this in Abuja when he featured on FORUM, a special News Agency of Nigeria, NAN interview programme. He noted that the resolution to deploy the network followed an outcome of thorough investigations, research and trial absolving it of posing security or health threat.
Pantami explained that work on the national policy on 5G stands at 95 per cent done and will be presented to the Federal Executive Council, FEC in due course.
The Minister, who said the main concern of government was to ensure security and welfare of Nigerians in their utilisation of services in the telecommunications sector, blamed the delay in the deployment of the 5G network on conspiracy theories. He added that the ministry had started discussions with the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC concerning spectrum for commercial purposes
