The Lagos State Government has threatened to begin dismantling masts belonging to telecom operators as they refuse to comply with the physical planning law on erection of masts. The government said telecom operators had been erecting their masts indiscriminately in Lagos without obtaining approval permit from the Physical Planning and Urban Development Ministry and vowed that if they did not desist from such act, it would be forced to clampdown on them.
General Manager, Urban Furniture Regulatory Unit, UFRU, a unit under the Physical Planning Ministry, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, at a news conference in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, on Thursday said telecom operators had continued to violate the physical planning laws with impunity by building without permit as they failed to submit the lists of their installations and addresses to enable government create a data base for all installations.
“Let it be known that telecom operators will be deceiving themselves if they think the Ministry of Physical Planning laws can be challenged in court. While we will not stand on their way to the courts, we must warn the telecom operators not to take our present position as weakness or incapacity to act and perform our lawful duty.
“Telecom operators think they can hide under NCC to flout Lagos laws with impunity but they should be informed that Lagos can bite. You cannot mess with Lagos. No Nigerian company can do this in South Africa or Dubai or any other place in the world. They think they are bigger than the government,” he said.
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