The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has disclosed that the vandalisation of telecommunication infrastructure and facilities in the country leads to poor services.
Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman, NCC, said this at the 2022 edition of the youth civil society and stakeholders summit (YCSSS), held in Abuja.
“The negative impacts of incessant vandalism of telecom equipment, evidenced in fibre cuts, theft of telecom facilities like generators at sites, vandalism of base stations, among other vices, have become a major burden on the service providers, while telecom consumers have continued to suffer unwarranted disruptions of their hard-earned services,” Danbatta said.
“The impact of vandalism of infrastructure is felt by all in the quality of services rendered, as it results in increasing drop calls, data and internet connectivity disruptions, aborted and undelivered short messaging services (SMS), as well as countless failed calls”, he added.
