Kwara govt slashes RoW fee for telecom firms

Date: 2020-06-01

The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has directed the slashing of the Right of Way (RoW) fee for telecommunications firms (telcos) from N5,500 per linear metre to N1 per kilometre of fibre.

This was disclosed in a statement issued by the state's Commissioner for Communication, Murtala Olanrewaju, on Sunday.

The RoW charge is the levy paid to state governments for the laying of optic fibre by telecoms operators.

Before now, operators were paying N5,500 per linear metre as the fee for laying fibre cables in the state to strengthen their digital connections.

The commissioner noted that the revised fee which takes effect immediately is the second lowest in Nigeria after Kaduna.

"Governor AbdulRazaq has directed that the RoW fee be slashed to N1 only per kilometre, a decision designed to deepen digital penetration in Kwara State, jerk up the state's ease of doing business ratings, and ease people's access to the internet and other digital communication even in the remotest part of the state."

"Apart from driving up investment in the sector, the long-term effects of this significant step such as strengthening access to digital communications and bringing more businesses to the hinterlands cannot be quantified," Mr Olanrewaju quoted Governor AbdulRazaq.

Speaking on the reason for reducing the fee, Mr Olanrewaju explained that internet and broadband penetration has a direct correlation with economic development.

"A study carried out by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) on Africa reported that a 10 per cent broadband penetration would lead to a 2.5% increment of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita.

"The National Economic Council (NEC) had recently resolved to encourage technological advancement as a way to fast track economic develoCOVID 19. Nigeria casesVenngage Infographics

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Roheemat Hammed     Halimah Perogi     Moses Adekanye     Micheal Imoudu     Abdulwahab Oba     George Funsho Adebayo     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Alliance For Democracy     Alaaya     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Hijab     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Village Alive Development Association     Moji Makanjuola     Sadiq Umar     Kayode Ogunlowo     Kunle Suleiman     Oyawoye     Sobi FM     Oja-Oba     Kwara State Pension Board     Borgu     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Unicontinental Construction Company     Haliru Dantoro     General Hospital, Offa     MMWG     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Isaac Gbenle     Dairo Kunle Paul     Owo Arugbo     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Oyin-Zubair     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Dan Masanin     Niyi Ogundiran     SDP     Bello Oyedepo     NITDA     Usman Yunusa     Ethical College     2023 Elections     KWASAA     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Firdaos Amasa     Rafiu Olasile     Donatus Ejidike     Playing Host     Taofeek Ibraheem     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Saadu Alanamu     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Kwara     Agbarigidoma     Yahya Mohammed     Odolaye Aremu     Segun Abifarin     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Shagari     Saliu Ajia     Government House     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Habeeb Saidu     Hassan Oyeleke     Omotoso Musa     Elerinjare     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Kumbi Titilope     Erin-ile    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Isiaka Gold     Ibrahim Abikan     Oye Tinuoye     Muhammed Aliyu     Otoge     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Alikinla     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Jawondo     Baba Isale     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Offa Grammer School     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Owo Arugbo     Revenue Court     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Muhammed Danjuma     Ndakene     Hamza Usman     Awodun     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     IF-K     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     March 18     Ayodele Shittu     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Imam Gambari     Oyelere Oyinloye     Ajia-Bako     Leke Ogungbe     Hikmah AbdulKareem     3MTT     KWAFFA     Sunday Otokiti     Facemasks     Dan Iya     Bayo Ojo     Dele Belgore     Olusola Saraki     Ope Saraki     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Aso-ofi     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Amosa     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Olupako Of Share     Alao Ayotunde     Oko-Olowo     Tinubu     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Obuh     Abdulraheem Olesin     Saheed Popoola     Guber Aspirant     Bello Oyebanji     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Zaratu Umar     Biliaminu Aliu     Raji AbdulRasaq     IHS     Alabe     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Unilorin FM     Yomi Ogunsola     Ike Ekweremadu     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Eghe Igbinehin