Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has achieved some positive strides for his people as he has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Airtel Nigeria to expand broadband access in the state.
El -Rufai gave the word of assurance at the signing on ceremony on that his administration would ensure that there is a minimum of 3G coverage in every part of the state.
In his words: “Let me begin by expressing our profound appreciation on behalf of the government and people of Kaduna State to Airtel for all that you have done in this state and continue to do. You are not only providing services that enhance lives and livelihoods, but also your corporate social responsibilities, like the school in Zaria and many other things that you are doing. I would like you to know for sure that we appreciate it. We are very grateful for all that you are doing,”
“This MoU is a major landmark for us as an administration because since we came into office we have identified about 41 locations in Kaduna State that are black-spots that have no telecom services at all. We have been pursuing the NCC to deploy the Universal Service Provision Fund to fill those gaps without much success.
“Our aspiration is for every part of Kaduna State to have minimum of 3G coverage. We are very grateful to Airtel for agreeing to be our partners in achieving this aspiration. 3G coverage is the minimum we need in this century for people to pursue quality lives and livelihoods. We believe in that very strongly and we are prepared work with you to achieve that.”
“Our desire to achieve this aspiration pushed us to actually budget N390m to build sites with our own money and give to the telcos to use so that we have this 3G coverage. It is with great excitement that our CIO Gerald briefed us that Airtel has finally come on board to work with us to achieve this,”
Source: www.NaijaOnPoint.com
