As the Federal Government inches towards the launch of the 5G technology, it has said the tech will produce many techpreneurs.
This was revealed on Wednesday by the Executive Secretary of the National Communications Commission, Professor Umar Danbatta, who said the government was making mves towards the 5G launch.
Speaking at a forum tagged ‘Multi-stakeholder approach to National Recovery Post-Pandemic’, where he was represented by the Director, Technical Standards and Network Integrity at NCC, Bako Wakil, Danbatta said the commission would would address all safety concerns of the technology, including carrying out environmental impact assessment.
“Nigeria’s vibrant youth population stands to benefit immensely from the deployment of 5G as it will offer technopreneurs, technology enthusiasts, SMEs and tech start-ups the platform to expand and network with other global players on a scale that has never been witnessed before.
“Once this is done, Nigerians can safely utilise 5G and reap all the economic, human and material benefits of 5G.” he said.