Telecom masts are not harmful — Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC says

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has dismissed fears being expressed by some Nigerians that tele-communication masts and towers erected within residential areas could constitute health hazards.

The commission also said that it was illegal for retailers of GSM recharge cards to sell above the price tags on the cards, advising the subscribers to resist such exploitation.

NCC Zonal Director in Enugu, Mrs. Emilia Nwokolo, who made this known during the 1st Consumer Conversation Forum held for subscribers and stakeholders in the South East Zone, said there has not been any research report on Radio Frequency Exposure indicating that telecommunication masts were hazardous to human health.

She told the participants that “no research what-soever has been able to prove any adverse health challenge caused by radio frequency” stressing that the World Health Organisation, WHO, had affirmed that no result of any such hazard has been established against base stations.

Nwokolo, who was responding to some concerns raised by participants on the danger of electromagnetic wave from masts and towers, said that the rumuors being peddled on the hazardous nature of the masts were not necessary as there was no proof of such hazards so far.