Olusegun Ariyo
The speed of advancement in network technology and scientific innovation in many areas has enhanced the evolution of global scientific mobile innovation through communication network.
This is in effect has made communication development possible within the metropolitan area in the cities which however remains significant in accessing, extracting and disseminating information in a digital format of encoding and decoding with reduced lab our, less human innovation and accuracy with an amazingly short period.
Global satellite network remains a tool for communication gap were all means of coding and decoding are done through network means in every inhabitant but certainly, its lacks the requirement for environmental quality in the placement of its base stations in the metropolitan Nigerian cities. Putting into consideration its locational analysis was several of its mast placement are located in various households.
Its environmental ineffectiveness as affect the inhabitant, this subject has remains issue specific being discussed by professionals, policy makers and the general public, since they populace are at the receiving end, issues of this nature are less important to those that need to effect changes in the polity. The service providers and regulatory agencies that is national communication commission see more of network challenges as discussed in the parliament more importantly than the effect of its environmental deficiencies that directly involve the inhabitant. Report indicate that development control mechanism put in place to guide development has been ineffective due to it unrealistic legal instrument to guide plan in enforcing development control. Action depends on power.
The planning authority’s power to implement is largely dependent on laws that are in operation in the country.
Decree 88 of 1992 report indicate that the laws are not explicit enough to define the role of each government in planning authorities today, most of this mast placement are both in rural and urban centers regulating them through legal tools had since proved abortive due to the ingredients its lack, also its has remain a subject of criticism, even coming with many court actions.
The national environmental standards and regulatory agencies [NESRA] is centralized and lack available desire for it functional effectiveness. In this telling, it is expected that these laws be reviewed firstly, since most mast are located in both the rural and urban area in the country, it is expedient that those components unit be incorporated in the legal frame work since they are pedagogical to the rural area.
Secondly, it should be appraised frequently to accommodate social and economic policies that might bring about modification of man’s development from where Nigeria derived its environmental laws and tradition from, where-with, unfortunately, has reviewed its own laws more than ten times.
Talk tough, is where misplaced priorities has beclouded the nation’s law making body were laws that remains impediment to national growth and development is seen as less important and laws of personal interest remains paramount in the nation’s national assembly. At this junction, the electorates most have a rethink and device their own strategy of ensuring one man one vote in their own domain and ensure smooth delivery of ballot boxes to its destination. a case in point, is where the health of the inhabitant is grossly affected by this development, and still, no regulatory framework for mitigating these challenges.
report on world health organization [who] indicate there is agrarian awareness in the environmental awareness on mast placement in developing countries and needs special consideration because of some of the danger inherent in its abuse. Also because of the consequences of our past action are already stirring us in the face where for instance, the ozone layer depletion, global warning extrapolation and other environmental hazards are all serious issues that at present, form unsustainable use of environmental resources which must be address now.
There is also an understanding that the environmental implication of mast in our domain can be addressed locally if we can act locally while thinking globally. Report indicates that mast usage as at 2008 shows that there was effect of electromagnetic radiation in the macro range which is believe is harmful to human health.
The [who] stated that cancer is likely to be caused by base station and the remaining is heard filled in convincing everybody for other health effect. Another sharp focus here is the alarming indices of this report that emphasize the level of its macro range effect on the inhabitant, how complicating would its be in Nigeria’s context were the levels remain at micro range effect, and are mostly sited in many households in the major cities in the country as a whole. The question is how can this be mitigated on time because of its dangerous effect on the immediate environment? The legal framework and those that are saddled with the responsibility of effecting it change must start now. This would in turn lift its self toward a possible direction, keeping standard environment, saving the lives of the inhabitant in the major cities of the country. The network provider would have a direction, helping the people, impacting changes on the face of the environment and creating values in our metropolis
