The Kaduna State Government has announced the restoration of telecommunication services more than a month after it was shut down on the orders of the state security council.
The state government had on Wednesday, September 29, 2021, suspended telecommunication services to tackle the troubling banditry and other related crimes in the state.
Kajuru, Chikun, Igabi, Birnin Gwari, Giwa, Zaria and Zango-Kataf are some of the local government areas where telecommunication services were suspended in the state.
However, the Commissioner while addressing newsmen in Kaduna today said it had contacted relevant federal agencies to effect the immediate restoration of the telecommunication services to the affected local government areas.
Aruwan, however, said, other stiffer measures, employed by the state to tackle insecurity such as the prohibition of movement of motorcycles, sale of fuel in Jerry cans, weekly markets as well as the felling of trees, remained in force.
“The Kaduna State Government regrets the inconveniences residents of the affected LGAs may have encountered as a result of the shutdown. The state government wishes to commend the sacrifices made by residents while this temporary measure lasted.
“Notwithstanding, the government wishes to reiterate that the other measures announced as part of the security containment orders remain in force. These include the prohibition of motorcycles all over the state, the ban on weekly markets, transportation of cattle, and the prohibition of sale of fuel in jerrycans in specified local government areas.”