Nigeria: Base Stations Gulp N178 Billion Worth of Diesel Annually

27 August 2012

Telecommunication network operators have revealed that the estimated cost of diesel to power their over 22,000 Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) across the country may have increased to N177.7 billion annually.

The huge cost on diesel, THISDAY gathered, was as a result of the poor public power situation in the country, which is indirectly impinging on the clamour for improved service quality by telecoms

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