The Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC), has urged state governors to respect the Memorandum of Understanding signed with the Commission for protection of Information Communication Technology (ICT), infrastructure in their domains.
Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, made the appeal during a courtesy visit on the Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai.
Danbatta lamented incessant of vandalism of ICT facilities in the country and ecurring cases of multiple taxation operators, saying such does not augur well for the sector.
Urging El-Rufai to prevail on his fellow governors in the north to ensure adequate protection of the facilities in the interest of the country’s economy, Danbatta said Nigeria stand to gain a lot from ICT.
Responding, El-Rufai assured that: “Here in Kaduna, we have harmonised our taxes; no more multiple taxes here.
“We will never allow base stations to be shut down because of debt owed us because we have abrogated all tax laws in Kaduna, enacted a new tax code and also centralised tax collection, so that telecom companies will not be taxed by state government, local government.”
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