NCC wades into MTNs labour issues
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he said that ncc activated the mou in the wake of the labour dispute between mtn one of its major licencees and the labour following the protests that had resulted in the vandalisation of telecom infrastructure1 the nigerian communications commission ncc on monday said the organisation has opened talks with critical stakeholders on mtns labour issues1 ncc under the leadership of prof. umar danbatta has opened talks with other critical stakeholders through the office of the executive commissioner stakeholders management mr sunday dare on the issue1 both association of telecommunications companies of nigeria atcon and association of licensed telecommunications operators of nigeria alton leadership are working with ncc on these developments1 the regulator is working behind the scene to protect telecom infrastructure and minimise telecom service disruptions in order not to compromise national security and quality of service and protection of over 160 million subscribers he said1 ojobo said that ncc had also activated the memorandum of understanding mou with nigeria security and civil defence corps nscdc to protect telecom critical national infrastructure1 mr tony ojobo nccs director of public affairsmade this known in a statement by in abuja1 the ncc on monday night activated the mou with nscdc to protect the switch stations and btss belonging to mtn and other telecom operators1 the commission had contacted assistant commandant general acg jonathan iyogho of the nscdc on the matter1 and directed mtn to liaise with the nscdc on the issue of the picketing by nlc and the reported destruction of telecom infrastructure across the country1 ojobo said ncc had also briefed the security agencies on developments particularly the implications of the attempt to shut down the ojota switch station1 a collapse of the telecommunications grid is likely if these attacks on mtn and other telecom facilities are not abated1 ncc recalls clearly that telecom infrastructure was classified as critical national infrastructure under the cyber security act domiciled with the office of the national security adviser he said1