Prices Of Commodity Soar In Zamfara Amid Telecom Shutdown

The telecommunication networks shutdown within the first 4 weeks of September lined your entire Zamfara State as a way to examine the actions of bandits who had held the state ransom for a few years.

 

Earlier than the shutdown, Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle had adopted and signed an government order as a part of the stringent measures to curtail the actions of the bandits and their collaborators.

A part of the shutdown measures included closure of all markets throughout the state and the suspension of enterprise actions at some fashionable joints in Gusau, the state capital and different strategic locations across the state in addition to a ban on the actions of black entrepreneurs and hawkers of petrol as solely motorists and motorbikes can purchase petrol at submitting stations.

 

Because the residents battled with the stringent measures, the Nigerian Communications Fee shutdown worsened the state of affairs extra in order the ban on use of bikes throughout the state from 6:00 am to eight:00 pm was enforced.

The measures had crippled industrial actions to the extent that multitudes of breadwinners may now not afford feeding their households.

 

Although the choice of the shutdown of the networks was properly applauded by the residents, with full expectations of reduction within the profitable battle in opposition to the bandits.

 

it thwarted the usage of GSM networks by bandits to barter ransoms with family of their captives, in addition to actions of informants.