Minister seeks 'concession' as Customs fuel ban threatens telecoms services

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The Minister of Communications, Isa Pantami, has advised the Nigerian Customs Service to allow fuel trucks access to border towns and remote villages.

According to a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES on Friday by the minister’s spokesperson, Uwa Suleiman, the access is to enable mobile network operators to power their generators to provide services to Nigerians.

At least 57 borders have been shut across Nigeria since August as the government intensified steps to limit foreign products into Nigeria. The operators, who are members of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria, also said by midday Saturday, “hub sites in Calabar area would be shut down due to lack of diesel.”They said the directive of the Customs aimed at curbing the movement of petroleum products around the border area was affecting telecommunications.

 

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