{"id":1044,"date":"2020-04-05T15:03:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T15:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1044"},"modified":"2026-05-15T10:52:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:52:27","slug":"atcon-react-to-5g-network-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1044","title":{"rendered":"ATCON Reacts To Reports On 5G Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: justify;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhoqW3Xa6DcWUWF7LYsdywss_UPy52Sm9tRqvazPwNLwAVZ7wvZhfLMCBdZdP6ZV3W6i6-bwTB9cVu-1SDwqIQhK7F3n3UaRHX46emuYlt_rzBTflFfPKHogB0F_ldMQQ9jqfi6d5iIT4g\/s1600\/images+%252841%2529.jpeg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/images-252841-2529.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/images-252841-2529.jpg\" alt=\"ATCON Reacts To Reports On 5G Network - Image 1\" title=\"ATCON Reacts To Reports On 5G Network - Image 1\" class=\"wp-image-1045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/images-252841-2529.jpg 640w, https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/images-252841-2529-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has debunked the reports of a link between 5G network and coronavirus going viral on social media.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nATCON who disclosed this to journalists via a statement signed by its President, Olusola Teniola, said the reports are untrue and baseless.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nATCON stated,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cWe wish to draw the attention of Nigerians to the unfounded claims and misinformation that is trending on all social media like Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, LinkedIn and a host of others, which suggest that Fifth Generation (5G) technology is a causative factor of coronavirus pandemic also known as COVID-19.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe statement further revealed,&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cATCON wishes to inform telecom consumers, other stakeholders and the entire Nigerians, without any equivocation, that the purported claims that 5G is responsible for COVID-19 is baseless and it should be discountenanced by Nigerians as what it is (false information).<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cThe claims have not been substantiated, by any conclusive empirical evidence, by either the World Health Organisation or other health research institutions.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cThere has been no issuance of 5G licence to any of our members to build and deploy 5G network in Nigeria by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). However, what has happened recently was just a trial of the 5G network by one of our members which was well supervised by the telecoms regulator.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cCurrently, Nigeria\u2019s networks are currently made up of 2G, 3G and 4G and in 2014, the World Health Organisation had stated clearly that there is not yet any conclusive scientific evidence to the effect that there are adverse health effects caused by telecommunications infrastructures to human with respect to exposure to the non-ionising radiation-emitting by telecoms base stations.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cATCON, as the umbrella association of all telecommunication companies in Nigeria, would like to state unequivocally that it would not be part of the deployment of any technology in the country, that would put the health of any Nigerian at risk, as we believe the health of end-users of any technological advancement comes as a priority in the deployment-consideration of such technology by our members to provide services to Nigerians.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has debunked the reports of a link between 5G network and coronavirus going viral on social media. &nbsp;&nbsp; ATCON who disclosed this to journalists via a statement signed by its President, Olusola Teniola, said the reports are untrue and baseless. ATCON stated, \u201cWe wish to draw the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ATCON Reacts To Reports On 5G Network - LifestyleGist<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1044\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ATCON Reacts To Reports On 5G Network - LifestyleGist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has debunked the reports of a link between 5G network and coronavirus going viral on social media. &nbsp;&nbsp; ATCON who disclosed this to journalists via a statement signed by its President, Olusola Teniola, said the reports are untrue and baseless. ATCON stated, \u201cWe wish to draw the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1044\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"LifestyleGist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-05T15:03:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-15T10:52:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/images-252841-2529.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\\\/?p=1044#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\\\/?p=1044\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ed9104b5a07f242997968fcecd5b694b\"},\"headline\":\"ATCON Reacts To Reports On 5G Network\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-05T15:03:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-15T10:52:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\\\/?p=1044\"},\"wordCount\":355,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\\\/?p=1044#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/images-252841-2529.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\\\/?p=1044#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\\\/?p=1044\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\\\/?p=1044\",\"name\":\"ATCON Reacts To Reports On 5G Network - LifestyleGist\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\\\/?p=1044#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\\\/?p=1044#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/images-252841-2529.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-05T15:03:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-15T10:52:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ed9104b5a07f242997968fcecd5b694b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\\\/?p=1044#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\\\/?p=1044\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\\\/?p=1044#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/images-252841-2529.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/images-252841-2529.jpg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":480,\"caption\":\"ATCON Reacts To Reports On 5G Network - Image 1\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\\\/?p=1044#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ATCON Reacts To Reports On 5G Network\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\\\/\",\"name\":\"LifestyleGist\",\"description\":\"LifestyleGist is a Nigerian digital lifestyle publication. We cover society, relationships, women, everyday life, and culture through an honest, unfiltered editorial lens.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ed9104b5a07f242997968fcecd5b694b\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f7dbfb46a866152082cfccd3f326ac067c5a6ca5a7070bedaef92ec319f5b0b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f7dbfb46a866152082cfccd3f326ac067c5a6ca5a7070bedaef92ec319f5b0b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f7dbfb46a866152082cfccd3f326ac067c5a6ca5a7070bedaef92ec319f5b0b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lifestylegist.com.ng\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"ATCON Reacts To Reports On 5G Network - LifestyleGist","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1044","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"ATCON Reacts To Reports On 5G Network - LifestyleGist","og_description":"The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has debunked the reports of a link between 5G network and coronavirus going viral on social media. &nbsp;&nbsp; ATCON who disclosed this to journalists via a statement signed by its President, Olusola Teniola, said the reports are untrue and baseless. ATCON stated, \u201cWe wish to draw the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1044","og_site_name":"LifestyleGist","article_published_time":"2020-04-05T15:03:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-15T10:52:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":480,"url":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/images-252841-2529.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1044#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1044"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/ed9104b5a07f242997968fcecd5b694b"},"headline":"ATCON Reacts To Reports On 5G Network","datePublished":"2020-04-05T15:03:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-15T10:52:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1044"},"wordCount":355,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1044#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/images-252841-2529.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1044#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1044","url":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1044","name":"ATCON Reacts To Reports On 5G Network - LifestyleGist","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1044#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1044#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/images-252841-2529.jpg","datePublished":"2020-04-05T15:03:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-15T10:52:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/ed9104b5a07f242997968fcecd5b694b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1044#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1044"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1044#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/images-252841-2529.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/images-252841-2529.jpg","width":640,"height":480,"caption":"ATCON Reacts To Reports On 5G Network - Image 1"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1044#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ATCON Reacts To Reports On 5G Network"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/#website","url":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/","name":"LifestyleGist","description":"LifestyleGist is a Nigerian digital lifestyle publication. We cover society, relationships, women, everyday life, and culture through an honest, unfiltered editorial lens.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/ed9104b5a07f242997968fcecd5b694b","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f7dbfb46a866152082cfccd3f326ac067c5a6ca5a7070bedaef92ec319f5b0b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f7dbfb46a866152082cfccd3f326ac067c5a6ca5a7070bedaef92ec319f5b0b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f7dbfb46a866152082cfccd3f326ac067c5a6ca5a7070bedaef92ec319f5b0b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng"],"url":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?author=1"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/images-252841-2529.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1044"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1046,"href":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044\/revisions\/1046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}