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Following the Ekiti State government’s example, Plateau, Imo, Katsina and Kaduna states have signed Executive Orders to tackle the right of way nightmare to deepen broadband penetration, reportsThe importance of affordable and ubiquitous broadband infrastructure cannot be over-emphasised.
It was either operators were denied RoW or charged ridiculously exorbitant rate, with some as high as N10,000 per linear metre of fibre cable instead of N145 approved by the National Executive Council . In the Federal Capital Territory , for example, for about a decade, no infrstrastructure has been deployed because of the refusal of FCDA to grant approval.
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Ali Pantami; CEO, NCC, Prof Garba Dambatta; President, Association of Telecoms Companies of Nigeria , Olusola Teniola and Chairman, Association of Licensed Telecoms Companies of Nigeria , Gbenga Adebayo, have acknowlegded these challenges.
They explained that allowing their states to have robust broadband network would create more jobs, bring about efficiency in the ways, the government and private businesses are conducted, make their states investment destinations for local and foreign investors who look for areas where they could have unhindered access to telecoms services before citing business ventures there.
Titled: Executive Order No 007 of 2020 Right of Way Charges on Telecommunications Infrastructure, part of the Order read: “Broadband connectivity across Ekiti State will enhance the ability of the government of Ekiti State to increase economic prosperity; attract new businesses; enhance job growth; extend the reach of affordable, high quality healthcare; enrich student learning with digital tools; and facilitate access to the digital marketplace.
While Plateau, Imo and Katsina states have complied with the N145 charges per linear metre of fibre set by the NEC in 2013 for RoW, Kaduna has moved extra step. Governor Mallam Nasir el-Rufai has totally waived the RoW payment for broadband/telecom infrastructure deployment.
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