NCC decries over 5,000 fibre cuts in six months, urges protection during road construction

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has raised the alarm implicit much than 5,000 fibre-optic cablegram cuts recorded crossed the state successful the archetypal six months of 2026, mostly owed to roadworthy construction, excavation and different civilian works.

The NCC urged roadworthy operation companies, contractors, engineers and different stakeholders to fortify coordination and follow preventive measures to support fibre-optic infrastructure during operation and rehabilitation projects.

The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NCC, Dr Aminu Maida, made the telephone on Tuesday at a stakeholders’ store connected the extortion of fibre-optic cables held astatine the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Office of the National Security Adviser, successful Abuja.

Maida said Nigeria’s thrust to grow its carnal infrastructure indispensable not undermine the integer infrastructure connecting citizens to information, services, markets and different opportunities.

He described telecommunications infrastructure arsenic a captious nationalist lifeline, noting that it underpins banking, authorities services, education, healthcare, commerce, information and exigency communications.

According to him, harm to fibre infrastructure tin disrupt indispensable services and enforce important costs connected citizens, businesses and the wider economy.

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