Communities in Kano, Bauchi, Jigawa call for protection of telecom infrastructure

Community representatives from Kano, Bauchi, and Jigawa states have called for greater local community involvement in protecting telecommunications infrastructure to address vandalism and poor network services. The call was made at a stakeholders' meeting organized by the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) in Dutse. CITAD Executive Director Malam Y.Z. Yau emphasized that telecom companies should engage communities before deploying infrastructure. Participants recommended awareness campaigns and stronger collaboration between communities and telecom companies.