No plan to shutdown telecoms services -Kaduna govt

The Kaduna State Government has disclosed that it has no plans to shutdown telecommunication services in the state, saying any of such report was fake news.

This comes after the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) directed telecommunications providers to shut down services in Zamfara State, following the spate of attacks by bandits in the northern parts of the country.

Following insinuations that the Kaduna government would follow suit, Muyiwa Adekeye, the Special Adviser on Media and Communications to the governor of the state, Nasir El-Rufai, in a statement said the government “has not made such a decision, neither has it announced any such plans.

READ ALSO: El-Rufai sacks 99 political appointees

Adekeye asked residents of the state to ignore such reports as rumours, noting the state government was transparent about the security matters in the state.

He said, “The Kaduna State Government did not reach out to any federal agency to request a telecoms shutdown, and it has not in any way ordered or effected a communications shutdown.

“It is fake news which some people are trying to pass off as genuine by placing the KDSG logo on their false statements. It is simply not true. Citizens should ignore the fake news. There is no shutdown of telecoms services in Kaduna State.

“Where a telecoms shutdown deemed to be necessary, that decision would have been formally announced in a properly signed statement posted on official information handles.”

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now