Telcos warn of disruptions in 11 states over Kogi’s clampdown

THE Kogi State Government through its Kogi State Internal Revenue Service agency has shut down a number of critical telecommunications sites in the state in a bid to force telecom operators to pay more taxes and levies.

According to the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria, this is likely to cause a potential communications blackout in the whole of Kogi, parts of Abuja, Nassarawa, Benue, Enugu, Anambra, Edo, Ondo, Ekiti, Kwara, and Niger states.

The umbrella body of telecom providers said the telecom facilities were being shut down as a result of disputes arising from unusual taxes and levies demanded by the state government in an attempt to increase its Internally Generated Revenue collection.- The Punch