Nigeria communication minister charges security agencies to leverage on 5G technology to tackle insecurity

The minister of communications and digital economy, Isa Pantami has challenged the federal government to adopt 5G technology in its fight against insecurity in the country.

Pantami revealed this Tuesday in Abuja at the official launch/rollout of 5G network service by MAFAB Communications.

He said there were many economic benefits from the 5G technology and that government would leverage it to help the security agencies to curb insecurity.

“There are so many technologies and artificial intelligence to help our security institutions. All of them leverage effectively all 5G. So, this is in addition to economic benefits

“So, 5G allows real-time communications, and this has so many benefits to our security institutions, if they leverage it, because there are so many technological facilities in security that they leverage 5G to allow our security institutions to manage our security challenges effectively, like robots.

“The benefits of 5G deployment is beyond just quality of service. There are so many benefits because a new technology comes along with new benefits like low latency, very high-quality broadband, and faster network and it allows real-time communication or almost near real-time communication, 5G can help that.

“Today, using 5G virtual surgery is being conducted globally. They did in the US and also in China. They recently conducted a virtual surgery where the distance between the surgeon and the patient is over 3,000 kilometers, but the surgery was conducted successfully, and in China, they did it also recently.”