Bosun Tijani, the minister of communications, innovations, and digital economy, has confirmed the presence of infrastructure that supports advanced technologies, including the Fifth-Generation (5G) network, in Nigeria.
He therefore pointed the technology infrastructure was not currently in every part of the country.
The minister who spoke on Channels Television’s “Politics Today” programme, estimated that it would cost around $2 billion to wire the entire country for the seamless experience of the network.
The government is doing everything necessary to increase the number of kilometres of fibre optics cables in Nigeria according to Bosun.
The minister pledged that the ministry would work hard to attain the goal of wiring the entire country , saying that the new administration aims to connect schools, hospitals, government offices, and other critical locations with optical cable.
“We do in some places. The infrastructure that drives 5G is not something that is across the nation.”
“So, if you subscribe to 5G and you move into locations where the infrastructure cannot support it, of course, the quality will drop. 5G exists in Nigeria and there are telcos with the licence.
“We are about 35 to 40 kilometres right now and the goal is to get to 95,000 km. It’s going to cost us roughly about $1.5bn to $2bn to wire the entire of Nigeria because once we can do this, we will start to see changes in the delivery of public services.”
