The Chief Executive Officer of MTN Nigeria, Karl Olutokun Toriola, has explained the challenges the telecommunications industry operator faces in Nigeria.

In an interview on TVC, Toriola explained that there are more fiber cuts in Nigeria in a day than in Saudi Arabia yearly.

He noted that vandalism and uncontrolled roads are major reasons for fiber cuts, which cause telecommunications service disruption.

According to him operating environments have a huge impact on telecoms service delivery.

“We have very frequent fiber cuts. We have more fiber cut in Nigeria in a day than Saudi Arabia has in a year in MTN. This is due to uncontrolled road construction and vandalism. We have an infrastructure problem.

“The problem of power supply: we have to provide generators in every base station,” he said.
This comes amid persistent complaints of poor quality of service by telecoms users in Nigeria.

Recall that the Nigerian Communications Commission had charged telecoms operators on improved service.

However, the challenge, among other issues facing the sector, has persisted.
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abia State chapter has dismissed every suggestion linking it with alliance with other political parties in the State.

The Chairman of the PDP in Abia State, Abraham Amah stated this on Thursday at the PDP State Secretariat, Umuahia, while reacting to questions about a possible alliance involving the party.

Amah, who described the PDP as strong, united and formidable for the 2027 battle in Abia, said anybody issuing statement in proposal or support of an alliance is not speaking for the party.

He maintained that having successfully uploaded the names of its candidates for various elective posts, his party is prepared to go into the 2027 election battle without seeking the support of any other party or donating its platform to any other political party to use.

“As far as we are concerned, as at today, we do not have any agreement with any other political party.

“Am privileged to know what is happening at the party, not only in the State but at the national level. So we do not have any such agreement with anybody,” Amah said.

The Abia PDP Chairman also declared that there is no faction in the State as according the him, all the names of the candidates of the PDP he leads, had already been successfully uploaded on the INEC official portal.

He further said that Abia PDP has taken up the task of reconciling aggrieved primary election aspirants.

Earlier in his speech during a press conference, the PDP governorship candidate in Abia State, Kelechi Anosike said he would pay N90,000 minimum wage to Abia civil servants if elected the governor.

Anosike, who faulted the Abia State government for its system of salary payment, alleged that the State government is not paying N70,000 salary across board.
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