As Nigeria battles insurgents in the north east of the country, the country’s telcos are demandingto be compensated for their damaged infrastructures. Billions have been lost through willful destruction of telcos installations by insurgents in a bid to cut off areas under their control from government forces.



The military has been able to regain most of the areas once under insurgents but telcos are counting their losses as the country works to return normalcy to such areas. Telcos made their demands in Lagos under their umbrella body, the Association of Licensed Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ALTON).



“The issue of telecoms infrastructure destruction in the north east cannot be over emphasized. The Association requests the federal government to compensate the service providers because as we have internally displaced people, so also we have internally displaced telecoms operators.

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