Kaduna Government Break Silence On Plans To Shut Down Telecom Services

The Kaduna Government says it has no plan to shut down telecommunication services in the state.

This is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Kaduna by Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication.

The reported plan to shut down telecom service in Kaduna State is coming barely 72 hours after the Zamfara government announced plans to shut down telecom operations in the state “to enable relevant security agencies to carry out required activities towards addressing the security challenge in the state.

Zamfara has been one of the worst-hit states in a wave of mass abductions of pupils from schools across northwestern Nigeria by armed gangs of ransom seekers operating from remote camps.

Reacting to the reported plans to shut down Kaduna State telecom service, Muyiwa said the government has not made such a decision, neither has it announced any such plan.

“The Kaduna State Government did not reach out to any federal agency to request a telecoms shut down and it has not in any way ordered or effected a communications shutdown,’’ the statement said.

It called on residents to ignore the rumors saying that is fake news which some people were trying to pass off as genuine by placing the KDSG logo on their false statements.

“The Kaduna State Government is transparent about security matters. If a telecoms shutdown is deemed necessary that decision will be formally announced in a properly signed statement posted on official information handles,” it said.