Lagos Warns Telecommunication Operators Against Illegal Digging Of Land

The Lagos State Government has warned telecommunication operators against illegal land digging for fibre cable laying.

The state government has asked operators to rather key into the ongoing fibre laying project the state is handling across the 20 local government areas and all the local council development areas.

The Lagos State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Hakeem Fahm, made this known during the 2021 ministerial press briefing to commemorate the second year of Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration.

Fahm said Lagos implemented a 3,000 km of Fibre Metro Network connection in 2020 and an additional 3,000km in 2021 across the state as part of the comprehensive Smart City Programme that seeks to provide a 24-hour driven economy.

He called on the private sector, especially the telecoms operators, to key into the project, plug into the ducts system “and avoid illegal land digging”.

He said “LASIMRA will monitor that and ensure that fibre projects are also done neatly across the state”.