28 August 2008
Lagos — Nigeria's National Telecommunications operator, Globacom, is collaborating with Benue, Rivers and Bayelsa state governments to provide easy and cheap telephone services in rural areas.
In Benue State, Globacom will provide telecommunications services in four selected rural areas, install telephone facilities and deploy requisite technical personnel for effective provision of telecommunications services. Globacom will also supply alternative power for the sites towards ensuring uninterrupted telecommunications signals and service quality in the identified areas.
According to Globacom's Head of Public Sector, Mr Tunde Amunikoro, Globacom and the state government jointly chose the pilot sites for the project, to replicate the process periodically until the whole state is covered. It expressed optimism that by the end of tenure of Governor Gabriel Suswan, there will be total Globacom coverage in Benue State.
He said the state chose Globacom because of its extensive coverage of the state, its superior 3G-Plus network and genuine concern for improving telecommunications for Nigerians, adding that Benue State government is convinced that Globacom is the network to partner with.
Globacom had earlier gone into a similar of partnership with Rivers and Bayelsa state governments. The River state project was part of the state's sustainable development programme, in association with oil companies and multilateral agencies.
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