Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle on Friday directed the restoration of the telephone network in Gusau, the state capital, from Friday.
Matawalle issued the directive in a statement by one of his media aides, Zailani Bappa. saying the network should be restored from Friday.
The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) had on September 4 instructed all telecommunications companies to shut down their services in Zamfara over lingering insecurity in the state.
“The restoration of the service at the state Capital becomes imperative following the tremendous success recorded in the fight against banditry in the state and to ease the hardship faced by both the private and public sectors of the state,” the statement said.
“Government finds it necessary to ease the tight measure after the recorded success desired of it which has no doubt destabilized the syndicate of criminals terrorising the state leading to the successes recorded against them by the security operatives.”
Matawalle said his administration would continue to “monitor closely the unfolding developments and will announce further decisions of Government on measures being taken appropriately.”
