APC to Nigerians: Allow INEC perform its duties - ITREALMS

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The All Progressive Congress (APC) has advised Nigerians to allow the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to do its job, reports ITREALMS.

A press statement available to ITREALMS, Director, Media & Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga said they have noticed the disingenuous attempts by the opposition parties, spokesmen of their campaign councils and their hired talking heads on Television and Radio Stations to discredit the presidential and National Assembly elections conducted nationwide last Saturday.

Council of State to CBN: Print more notes, allow old note circulation - ITREALMS

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The first meeting of the National Council of State ended on Friday at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with a directive to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to print more new naira notes and make same available to Nigerians to alleviate the current currency scarcity in the country, reports ITREALMS.

Also, CBN was advised to allow the circulation of the old naira notes to continue.

FG urges states to protect critical national infrastructure, allow facility maintenance - ITREALMS

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The Federal Government (FG) has urged states nationwide to protect Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) which includes telecom infrastructure to pave way for unhindered maintenance of facilities in their domain, reports ITREALMS.

Reacting to what it tagged as very serious, unpatriotic and corrupt activities of some criminal elements within the public service, who have continued to engage in acts capable of undermining the national security, FG through the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) frowned at harassment and vandalisation of telecom infrastructure at the states.

“The office of the Honourable Minister has received several complaints from Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) about the unfortunate incidences of forced closures or outright destruction of Telecommunications Infrastructure in some parts of the country. Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) and other telecommunications facilities are reportedly being vandalised and MNOs, are hindered from delivering the requisite services to the consumer by state owned Agencies in some parts of the country,” he said.

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Also in a press statement by his spokesperson, Uwa Sulaiman available to ITREALMS, the Minister noted that in a recent correspondence the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) confirmed and emphasised that, telecommunications infrastructure are a Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), and are central to national security.

In addition, he noted that these actions constitute a violation of relevant laws of Nigeria and are a threat to national economic development as most businesses nowadays, depend on services provided by telecommunications operators.

In line with the provisions of the Cybercrime Act of 2015, Telecommunications Infrastructure are designated CNI and therefore, any acts of vandalism or deliberate obstruction of service delivery is deemed unlawful and punishable by law.

Chuks Egbuna/DoP

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