Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle
By Isiaka Mustapha
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has announced his administration’s plans to lift ban on telecommunications on Tuesday.
The telecommunication services, it will be recalled were halted in the state on September 4 as part of the security measures to contain the seeming enedless armed banditry and kidnapping plaguing the state.
However the services were restored to Gusau, the state capital a month later.
According to a dependable source, the Governor Matawalle said that in addition to restoring network service in the state, the ban on weekly market would also be lifted.
“From the information we have gotten, there is clear reduction in the surge of crimes in our communities and by Monday or Tuesday, everyone in our communities would be able to communicate with the outside world.” says a source
The state government had earlier announced that it had lifted its two-month ban on mobile phone services.