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Still in the process of finding a lasting solution to the poor service quality in the telecoms industry, the Executive Vice-Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Eugene Juwah, has said the country needs additional 51,000 Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) to cushion the effect.
According to him, the country currently has 29,000 BTS across all telecoms networks, but needed 80,000 BTS spread across all networks, to effectively address the issue of poor service quality.
Juwah said there was nothing wrong in installing more BTS in the country, contrary to speculations that electromagnetic emission from BTS and mobile phones could cause serious human health hazards.
Juwah spoke through the Executive Commissioner, Technical Services of NCC, Ubale Maska, who represented him at the Second West African Conference on Electromagnetic Fields Exposure and Health, organised by NCC in Lagos on Wednesday.
According to Juwah, BTS is one of the channels of electromagnetic radiation, among many others like mobile phones, radios, television and communications equipment, which have been perceived by many to have health hazards on humans.
He explained that such perceived fears,wholesale 2014 pro bowl jerseys, prompted NCC to organise the conference and invited experts to address Nigerians on the true position of things concerning electromagnetic radiations, having held the first conference on electromagnetic emission in 2012 in Lagos.
The Minister of Communications Technology, Dr. Omobola Johnson, who was also represented by the Director, Planning, Research and Statistics, at the ministry,nfl jerseys online, Oluwole Edun, said there are no scientific evidence to prove that electromagnetic emission from BTS and mobile phones could cause health hazards, but insisted that as responsible government, the ministry is mindful of the concerns of subscribers especially when it has to do with their health, especially now that phones have become integral part of telecoms subscribers, and more so that the market is growing with over 130 million mobile phone users.
Mobile phone communicates by transmitting radiations that do not necessarily affect human health, but we need to examine the degrees to which the emission could affect human health, since government is interested in the health safety of Nigerians,discount sports jerseys, the minister said and called on experts to come up with useful tips on radioactive emissions from BTS and mobile phones.
The Chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), Gbenga Adebayo, in his address, said: Nigeria needs to invest more in research and development. World studies have been conducted on electromagnetic emission, but Nigeria needs to carry its own research, based on her peculiar environment, in order to ascertain the effect.
According to him, electronic waste disposal process in the developed countries, differs and Nigeria must come up with policies on electronic waste disposal, since they have their own effect.
Representative of the International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), Prof. Idowu Peter Farai, said telecommunications equipment like base stations and mobile phones serve good purpose for communication, but could also be dangerous to health because of its non- ionizing radiation effect.
He defined radiation as the transmission of energy from a source to a space.
Electromagnetic waves carry energy or radiations that could penetrate human bodies, and could cause harmful effect, depending on the magnitude of the radiation. We have different types of energy that comes with radiation. Radiation is everywhere and it applies in all sectors of the economy, Farai said.
The President, Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Dr. Kayode Obembe, in his presentation, said radiations from BTS and mobile phones are weak emissions that cannot cause major health hazards, but warned that Nigerians should take precautionary measures to avoid exposures to electromagnetic emissions.
He cautioned those who carry mobile phones on their waist and breast pockets,cheap nba jerseys free shipping, to desist from doing so, to avoid accumulated radiation.
He said it would take up to 50 years of effective monitoring to ascertain whether radio active emission could cause health hazard or not.
Consultant, Clinical Pharmacologist, Dr. Anago Peters, said: There is no evidence that low level emissions from GSM phones and telecoms equipment cause health hazards. BTS has the highest emission of 32 per cent, and cannot cause health challenges like cancer, infertility,richard sherman elite jersey, stress, among others.
He, however, called for best practices by telecoms users and providers to ensure better provision/deployment and use of the technology, as well as adequate enforcement of articulated standards developed with the help of relevant international agencies.
