IHS Towers signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to enhance the security of the West African country's critical telecoms infrastructure.
IHS, which owns and operates over 16,000 towers and has deployed over 15,000 kilometres of fibre in the country, stated that under the terms of the MoU, the company and the NSCDC intend to develop and implement measures to protect its assets.
The NSCDC will assist the company with site surveillance, emergency response, and reporting of incidents.
According to IHS, this also involves assisting with all aspects of tower decommissioning, as well as investigating, apprehending, and prosecuting alleged site violators.
Commenting on the partnership, Mohamad Darwish, CEO of IHS Nigeria, said: “We are key enablers of connectivity, and this partnership with the NSCDC is for us an important step towards enhancing the resilience, reliability and availability of telecommunications connectivity in Nigeria.
“By working closely with the NSCDC, which enforces the law that designates telecommunication towers as critical national information infrastructure, we aim to create a safer and more secure environment for our operations, including our infrastructure, and more importantly, ensure better quality of service for all users in Nigeria.”
Ahmad Abubakar, commandant general, NSCDC, added: “We consider IHS to be a strategic partner whose infrastructure is essential to the operations of many organisations across the country. We aim to provide a heightened level of operational excellence and support, focused on securing telecommunications infrastructure more effectively than ever before.”
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