The minister disclosed this today in Maiduguri at a Town Hall Meeting to address vandalism of power and telecommunications infrastructure.
Pantami, who was represented by Ubale Maska, Commissioner for Technical Services, Nigeria Communication Commission, said the 5G network was recently approved by the Federal Executive Council for increased connectivity.
The minister disclosed that there were over fifty thousand telecommunication sites across the country, which made it difficult to man manually except through deployment of modern technology.
