Industry stakeholders, under the aegis of the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), has called for the review of the Critical National Infrastructure Bill that was not passed into law before the expiration of the eight National Assembly on May 29, 2019.
The bill, which seeks to protect telecoms infrastructure across the country, sees telecoms infrastructure as a critical national asset that needs government's protection from willful destruction, inadvertent destruction during road construction and from arbitrary shutdown of telecoms sites by social miscreants, government contractors and government agencies. ALTON is of the view that when protected, it will support fibre optic infrastructure rollout that will eventually drive down broadband costs and boost internet connectivity across the country.
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