FG to deploy 3,700 telecom towers to connect 20m Nigerians

. As Tijani commissions first NUCAP site in Abia
. Kalu identifies 16 more locations needing coverage in Bende
By Steve Oko
UMUAHIA — The Federal Government has unveiled plans to deploy 3,700 telecommunications towers nationwide to connect about 20 million Nigerians currently without access to telephone and internet services.

Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, disclosed this on Friday while commissioning a telecommunications tower under the National Universal Communications Access Programme (NUCAP) in Bende, Abia State.

Tijani said the Bende facility was the first site being commissioned under the national initiative aimed at extendi...