Admin l Wednesday, August 26, 2020
LAGOS, Nigeria – The Computer Professionals (Registration Council of Nigeria) (CPN) has recommended the adoption of fifth generation network (5G) by government at all levels, stressing that Nigeria will derive huge socio-economic benefits from commercial deployment of 5G networks.
The recommendation was contained in a communiqué put together by the association after their annual assembly held online on the 9th of July, 2020.
The CPN assembly is a yearly gathering of Information Technology practitioners in Nigeria and in the Diaspora with the objective of discussing and strategizing on emergent issues in Information Technology in order to come out with recommendations and decisions that will impact positively on the industry and the nation.
In the communiqué signed by its President and Chairman-in-Council, Prof. Charles O. Uwadia and Registrar/Secretary, Allwell C. Achumba, the CPN assembly noted that 5G networks will come with great potentials that will boost the entire spectrum of Nigeria’s socio economic ecosystem.
Held with the theme, “Adoption of 5G in Nigeria”, the CPN advised that governments at various levels should intensify their efforts to embrace Information Technology with its attendant potentials of facilitating governance and eradicating corruption in the country.
For smother operation, the CNP pointed out that provision of 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.
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“Therefore, there is need for the Federal Government to intensify its efforts in addressing the power challenges in the country”, the group advised.
It observed that the benefit of 5G to Nigeria includes faster internet speed, high latency and high capacity that will transform consumer and business experiences.
The association pointed out that the adoption of 5G network in Nigeria will transform Nigeria in the area of smart city, smart transportation, efficiency in medicine as well as a lot of automation in respect of appliances and devices with respect to Internet of Things (IoT).
The professionals asserted that 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 and that the technology is capable of fast tracking our economic growth and migrating Nigeria fully into a digital economy.
Consequently, the CPN called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to declare Information Technology and Telecommunications as a critical national infrastructure to facilitate the success of the national broadband strategy.
While enjoining government to ensure that the cost of 5G compatible devices is affordable to Nigerian so that the citizens can benefit from the new technology, the CPN is of the view that complete adoption of Information Technology as well as migration of Government operations from manual to digital will bring Nigeria into conformity with the benchmark of Government operations in the 21st century.
