Nigeria Approves National Policy for 5G Networks
Quote from Ndubuisi Ekekwe on September 10, 2021, 7:52 PM
Nigeria approves the National Policy on Fifth Generation (5G) networks for Nigeria’s Digital Economy, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, noted.
He said, “Mine is a memo in which I presented before the Federal Executive Council, which has also been approved after deliberation. That is the National Policy on Fifth Generation Networks for Nigeria’s digital economy, the national policy on 5G.
“That policy has been approved by the Federal Executive Council today. Furthermore, the policy discusses the benefits to be attained through the deployment of 5G in Nigeria and in any part of the world which includes lower latency, larger capacity, and higher data rate.”
We will get the policy document later and share it here.

Nigeria approves the National Policy on Fifth Generation (5G) networks for Nigeria’s Digital Economy, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, noted.
He said, “Mine is a memo in which I presented before the Federal Executive Council, which has also been approved after deliberation. That is the National Policy on Fifth Generation Networks for Nigeria’s digital economy, the national policy on 5G.
“That policy has been approved by the Federal Executive Council today. Furthermore, the policy discusses the benefits to be attained through the deployment of 5G in Nigeria and in any part of the world which includes lower latency, larger capacity, and higher data rate.”
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We will get the policy document later and share it here.
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