Speaking at the West Africa Telecoms Infrastructure Summit and Exhibition (WATISE) organised by Technology Mirror in Lagos, Chief Executive Officer of Coloplus, a tower infrastructure company, Mr. Mike Ofili, said it would be difficult to achieve the 70 per cent broadband target of the country with almost all the data centres in Lagos.
“It is very difficult to lay fibre cable across many communities in Nigeria, you cannot cross any community without paying different people. You cannot build towers without going through different communities of people demanding all kinds of things. If you don’t meet their demands, they will either not allow you to deploy or vandalise your equipment after you have left
