By Nifemi Adefemi
(With Agency reports)
Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Professor Umar Danbatta has emphasised the drive of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to focus future academic research towards feasible alternative sources of clean energy that can be harnessed by the telecom industry.
Danbatta who gave the hint yesterday at a roundtable meeting with the academia, industry chiefs and relevant stakeholders in Kano, stressed that the Commission will also introduce a framework to encourage ethical energy sourcing in the tele-communications sector.
Prof Danbatta who spoke on the theme: “Refocusing Academic Research Toward Alternative Clean Energy: Panacea to Paucity of Energy in the Telecommunications Industry,” stressed the need to explore new technologies, such as solar, wind and biomass that can power the nation’s communications infrastructure efficiently and sustainably.
The NCC boss therefore sought the collaboration of the academia and other stakeholders to actualise the goal.
“We need your research to help us understand the potentials of these alternative energy sources, address their challenges and develop strategies for their implementation in the telecom sector”, he appealed.