Despite designating information communication technology (ICT) infrastructure as Critical National Information Infrastructure (CNII) through an Executive Order by President Bola Tinubu, the telecom sector continues to grapple with wilful vandalism, stealing of diesel, generators, inverter batteries, and access denial to base transceiver stations (BTS) by non-state actors, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said yesterday.
Its Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, Aminu Maida, said despite the collective efforts, several critical challenges persist.
He said: “So far this year, for example, there is an average weekly incidence of about 1100 fibre cuts, 545 access denial, and 99 theft incidences.”
He said access denial, vandalism, fibre cuts, and thef remained with the industry.
In a keynote at the Industry Sustainability and Critical National Information Infrastructure (CNII) Conference organised Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA) in Lagos, Maida who was represented by the Director of Technical Standards and Network Integrity, Edoyemi Ogoh, said a multi-stakeholder approach is needed to address the challenges besetting the industry.
