“We Need Fibre Optic Cable” FG Finally Explains Reasons for Slow Network, Gives Simple Solutions

• FG has clarified that providers were not ordered to stop network operations because of the demonstration
• The minister of communications, innovation, and digital economy said this in in a Channels Television interview
• This came after Nigerians complained about unreliable internet access from all service providers amid hungry protest

The minister of communications, innovation, and digital economy, Bosun Tijani, claims that telecom companies were not given orders to halt network operations due to the demonstration.

Tijani talked on Thursday in a Channels Television interview.

On Thursday, Nigerians reported poor internet connectivity across all service providers; many explained the outage as a ploy used by the federal government to quell protests.

Charles Augustus said,

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"Really, networks across all telecommunications platform has been terrible that it made work really slow."

Mariam Ade said

"All the networks in the country have been poor. We can't afford to bear with this."

How the minister reacted

However, the minister refuted the federal government's role in the network interruption during his remarks on the subject.

“There’s no instruction to tamper with the network, absolutely no instruction from my office,” he said.

“You also need to understand when you have a significant amount of people not at work, people are online. So you expect the traffic will be extremely high. And I’m not saying that’s the cause.

“Our mandate and role as government are not just only to drive these people to be responsive, but also to ensure that there are the proper investments in the infrastructure that we require to produce and provide the quality of service that people need.”

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The solution

Tijani added that Nigeria still lags behind in terms of having high-quality connection and telecommunications services, as reported by The Cable.

“We need 125,000 kilometres of fibre optic cable lead. We’ve only invested as a nation, the private sector, 85,000 kilometres,” he added.

“This is the project that this government is prioritising. FEC has already approved this. Unfortunately, it won’t be done in six months.”

9mobile sends message to Nigerians

Legit.ng reported that the management of 9mobile has issued an apology to Nigerians following a recent service disruption that affected various parts of the country.

In a press statement, 9mobile attributed the disruption to multiple fiber cuts and damage to its network infrastructure.

Customers have reported that the network outage began on Saturday and persisted until Wednesday, causing significant disruption to their connectivity and phone calls, Leadership reports.

Source: Legit.ng