NSCDC warns contractors against damaging telecom infrastructure, threatens sanctions

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Rivers State Command, has warned contractors to transportation retired due checks and consultations earlier excavation to debar damaging underground telecommunications infrastructure.

The State Commandant, Joachin Okafor, gave the informing during a stakeholders’ gathering successful Rivers State, pursuing a directive from the Office of the National Security Adviser.

He said, “Contractors indispensable transportation retired owed diligence, consultation and verification earlier excavation to debar harm to captious telecom infrastructure.”

The Commandant further warned that immoderate signifier of deliberate oregon careless harm volition pull ineligible consequences.

“Any arbitrary tampering oregon demolition of fibre-optic cables volition beryllium treated arsenic sabotage and vandalism nether the law.”

In a connection by the PRO, NSCDC Rivers State Command, SC Ihemnacho Umeado, telecom stakeholders astatine the gathering shared concerns implicit repeated losses caused by operation activities but agreed that amended coordination could forestall specified incidents.

The connection added that the telecom stakeholders resolved to follow measures specified arsenic mapping telecom routes, associated verification earlier roadworthy projects, and impro...