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Dr. Bosun Tijani, Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, signed the MoU on behalf of Nigeria, while Mr. Peter Olusoji Ogundele, Country Manager of Ericsson Nigeria, signed the MoU on behalf of the company.
The memorandum, signed at Ericsson’s Global Headquarters Research and Development Laboratory in Kista, north of Stockholm, was also witnessed by Vice President Kasim Shettima.
Similarly, the signing of the MoU was witnessed by Patrick Johansson, Ericsson’s Senior Vice President and Head of Business Area Middle East and Africa.
Earlier, the company took Vice President Shettima on a demonstration tour of its mobile communication infrastructure solutions.
The company also had presentations to Shettima on the evolution of 5G technology, radio spectrum issues and standardization, cyber and network security by Ericsson experts.
Speaking after the presentation, Shettima asked the company about the possibility of deploying its 5G technology to help improve the safety of oil facilities in Nigeria.
“What added value does it give us?” Security for oil facilities and oil pipelines. How can we deploy 5G to protect oil pipelines and address the problem of oil theft and pipeline vandalism?
“How much oil theft gets cleared is very important for economic planning and everything,” he said.
Mr. Tijani explained that the signing of the MoU will enable Nigeria to take full advantage of 5G technology in line with President Bola Tinubu’s “New Hope” agenda.
So we signed a memorandum of understanding with Ericsson to establish an innovation lab whose focus will be to devise applications based on 5G technology.
The same goes for agriculture, mining, and in some cases education, and the general use of connectivity to improve people’s quality of life.
The New Hope Agenda specifically addresses what we are trying to do with reform.
The purpose of the reforms is to diversify the economy, and it is clear that the economy cannot be diversified without digital technologies.
This memorandum will help strengthen connectivity, especially in 5G. As you know, Nigeria is already one of the few countries on the continent that has 5G.
“With this MoU, we can ensure the rollout of 5G not only in key regions but across the country, thereby ensuring we achieve the economic growth we desire,” he said.
Tijani described Vice President Shettima’s visit to Sweden as “crucial for the growth and development of Nigeria’s digitalization drive”.
But I have to say how strong Sweden is as a country and how extremely important the Vice President’s visit is.
This is a country that leveraged technology to promote development on the front lines. It’s a very strong country in technology and business.
They have important brands like Volvo and Ericsson and are global brands.
And I think about the reforms that are underway in this country and our ambition to increase productivity levels and make our economy more competitive.
“It’s important that we use the power of the vice president and this visit to really deepen the relationship, and that’s what the vice president has done in all of our meetings to date,” he said.
The dignitaries who witnessed the signing of the MoU were: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador. Executive Vice-Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Mr. Yusuf Tugar, Mr. Aminu Maida, and Plateau Governor, Mr. Caleb Muthofan.
Others include Mr. Khalil Khalil, Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Science, Technology and Infrastructure Agency (NASENI), and Mr. Malam Kashif Abdullahi, Director General of the National Information Technology Development Authority (NITDA) and Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of Nigeria. , Malam Aliyu Mahmood, Sweden. Among other things.
