Prof Adeolu Akande, the chairman of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), has lamented the theft and vandalisation of telecommunication infrastructure across the nation.
Akande who was speaking in Ibadan at the Village Square Dialogue, a telecom consumer outreach programme at the grassroots by NCC, said there need to protect telecommunication infrastructure.
“We are here in Ibadan to discuss one of the most important issue affecting protection of telecom infrastructures, telecom infrastructures are important, and we must ensure we take it as critical national infrastructure.”
“We need cooperation of members of the public and consumers to protect the infrastructures, we are doing this across the country to seeks support of Nigerians and telecom service provider,” he said.