By Dele Ogbodo
The Computer Professional Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN) has advocated for the accelerated deployment and adoption of 5G Networks
across the country for its rapid socio-economic development and transformation.
The Council made this known at it’s 2020 Annual CPN Information Technology Professionals’ Assembly Conference tagged: “Adoption of 5G in Nigeria…the Technological and Regulatory Challenges.”
Underscoring it’s advocacy drive, it said, Nigeria will no doubt derive huge socio-economic benefits from commercial deployment of the Fifth Generation (5G) networks across the country.
The new networks according to the Council will usher in great potentials that will boost the speedy growth of entire Nigeria’s socio-economic configuration.
The body said: “The deployment of 5G across the country is capable of fast-tracking our economic growth and migrating us fully into a digital economy.
“Deployment of 5G in Nigeria has numerous advantages which include faster internet connection, smoother user experience and huge deployment of Information Technology to drive growth and development of industries.”
On the transformation of the country, CPN added that the deployment of 5G network will accelerate the country’s smart city initiative, smart transportation, efficiency in medicine as well as a lot of automation in respect of our appliances and devices with respect to the Internet of Things (IoT).
It averred that Nigeria will also benefit immensely from the adoption of the network in terms of faster speed, high latency and high capacity that will transform consumer and business experiences.
CPN said: “Provision of a good and adequate supply of power will enable the citizenry to enjoy the benefits of 5G network and derive huge socio-economic benefits from commercial deployment of the fifth-generation (5G) networks.
“Government is hereby enjoined through NCC and the Ministry to ensure that the cost of 5G
compatible devices are affordable to Nigerian so that the citizens can benefit from the new technology”
The Council urges the government to declare Information and Telecommunications Technology as a critical national infrastructure to facilitate the success of the national broadband strategy deployment.