The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) is waiting on the adoption of a new cybercrime law to support its focus on cybersecurity, according to the executive vice chairman of the Commission, Dr Eugene Juwah. He was addressing judges at a training session put on for them on legal issues in telecoms. In general, however, he commended the existing framework law, the Nigerian Communications Act, for its robustness.
Radioactive concerns
As reported in Nigeria's The Guardian, Dr Juwah said: 'As a major player in the economic reforms going on in our country today, NCC appreciates that no such reforms will stand the test of time without the foundation of due process and rule of law. That is the philosophy behind the bold step in exposing our judges to issues in telecommunications law.' Dr Juwah also commended the National Assembly for its work in preparing laws on radioactive emissions as a way of educating the public, some of whom still believe that base stations and other equipment put out radioactive emissions at dangerous levels.
Electronmagnetic frequency
Last year the NCC organised the first West African conference on electromagnetic frequency emission, according to the publication Leadership. The proximity of base stations to houses has been a controversial issue in some parts of the country.
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