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NCC Commences Campaign On Clean Energy In Telecoms Industry

by Chika Izuora
3 years ago
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is taking deliberate steps towards deployment of clean energy to reduce carbon emissions emanating from the sector.

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The commission’s executive commissioner, Stakeholder Management, Barr Adeleke Adewolu, said the commission is committed to reducing the impact that telecommunications operation has on climate change and the environment, noting that the peculiarities of Nigeria’s electricity supply have resulted in the telecommunications sector being a contributor to carbon emissions.

Adewolu, who was speaking on the arrangements to host an event to mark the 2023 World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) in Abuja with spotlight on its regulatory initiatives on clean energy usage in the telecoms sector, stated that studies have shown that renewables and energy efficiency, boosted by substantial electrification, can provide over 90 per cent of the necessary reductions in energy-related carbon emissions. 

He said, increasing the use of electricity sourced from renewables presents the best opportunity to accelerate the world’s energy transformation.

The commissioner, represented by the executive vice chairman and chief executive officer, Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, noted that the theme of the event is very apt this year, “as we know the implication of the climate change disaster facing the world. 

“So, as a commission, we are committed to reducing the impact of climate change. The telecoms sector contributes to global emissions, particularly when you realise that there are over 54,000 base transmitter stations powered, in some cases 24 hours/ seven days a week, by generators. You can just imagine the emissions from these.” 

He explained that the commission was already looking at introducing a policy to encourage ethical energy source, as part of the Commission’s commitment to safeguarding the environment for consumers and other users of telecom services, a move that is also in tandem with the process of actualising some of the key items of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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In what has become a tradition in the commission since 2017, when it declared 2017 as Year of the Telecom Consumers when it honoured telecom consumers by connecting with the global theme for the commemoration to celebrate the day with landmark activities, the commission has continued to promote consumer protection and enlightenment.

 The theme of the 2023 edition of the Day is, “Empowering Consumers through Clean Energy Transitions.”

According to the executive commissioner, in recent years, the commission has introduced a regulatory framework on infrastructure-sharing and collocation among the licensees which, he said, has encouraged operators to fully maximise their already-deployed infrastructure.

“By sharing infrastructure, some operators do not need to entirely build a telecoms site in an area where another operator had deployed one. With the challenge of inadequate public electricity supply in Nigeria, telecom companies rely on diesel-powered generators to keep their telecom sites live round-the-clock. But a regulatory framework such as infrastructure sharing and collocation is helping in this regard,” he said.

 

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