
By Sami Tunji
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it will engage state and local governments in removing the Right of Way (ROW) charges and multiple taxation-threatening telecommunication operations and investments in the country.
NCC’s Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Aminu Wada Maida, said this on Tuesday, in a media parley with members of the Abuja chapter of the Nigerian Telecommunication Reporters Association (NITRA).
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Maida lamented that about huge amount of taxes are already imposed on telecom operators, making it difficult to attract foreign investments into the sector in line with President Bola Tinubu’s directive to the NCC.

He said, “We are going to be going on an advocacy campaign to see how we can convince the states to remove some of these obstacles like Right of Way and multiple taxations because I have seen some studies which indicate taxation is almost 50% getting to 55% in some areas in this country.
“And you would agree with me that if we are trying to bring in foreign investment that is not a good picture to paint.”
He appealed to states to consider the long-term benefits that would come to them if they allowed massive investments in the sector as job opportunities would be created alongside other value chains in the sector.