The Association of
Licensed Telecom Operations of Nigeria (ALTON) is demanding expressly for an
Executive Order by President Muhammad Buhari on telecom, as critical national
security and economic infrastructure, reports ITRealms.
Making this demand,
ALTON through its chairman, Engr. Gbenga Adebayo, at the weekend, told ITRealms, that the call has become
imperative because telecom services are critical to national security and
economic infrastructure of the country and supports several economic sectors.
“Our industry supports many other economic sectors
of the economy. We are
also the first layer of critical infrastructure for socio economic development
and security.
“It is
pertinent to state that unless telecoms facilities have first level of
protection by government, it will be difficult to provide uninterrupted
services to the citizenry,” ALTON warned.
According
to
ALTON chairman, “we respectfully requests for an Executive Order to be issued
designating ‘Telecom Infrastructure as Critical National Security and Economic
Infrastructure’ as prescribed in the Cybercrime Act, 2015.”
In
addition, ALTON commended the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for being in the forefront of making sure that
the ease of doing business is achieved by all stakeholders in the industry.
Chuks Egbune/GEE
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