News
Pantami reveals imminent 5G deployment by service providers
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, on Friday, revealed the deployment of the Fifth Generation (5G) Technology in collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
Pantami made this disclosure during the virtual edition of the Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF 2021) organised by the Nigeria Internet Governance Forum Multistakeholder Advisory Group (NIGF-MAG).
According to the minister, the 5G spectrum is now available and will be deployed across the country subject to ratifications by the NCC.
“We will then be able to have 5G in our country. This will increase broadband penetration and also speed because 5G is at least 20 times faster than 4G when it is available.
“We must ensure that 5G deployed is not used against the nation and its unity. Let us use it for the good of our country and the benefit of all.
READ ALSO: 5G network to be deployed in Nigeria January 2022 – Pantami
“We are working to ensure that broadband infrastructure is accessible and affordable in the rural communities. It is for this reason that most of our policies are arranged to address the challenges that make the internet expensive,” he said.
The Minister explained that the use of the internet was not a luxury anymore as it was a prerequisite to the economic development of the country.
“Internet is no longer a luxury; it has become a prerequisite to economic development.
“It is a prerequisite to securing a nation; it also becomes a prerequisite to governance activities. It is a forum that brings the public sector on one hand and the private sector on the other.
“It is because of this that internet is beyond being a luxury or for socialisation but rather an important ingredient for economic development.
“Today without internet most of our social activities will be shut down. Our education institutions need internet to leverage on, and we also need internet to secure our nation, deliver healthcare and other services,” he said.
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...