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“Though Abacha issued one GSM licence, which we waited for to switch on, the firm never did, till Abacha died.” Vodafone Nigeria Abacha

Vodafone was the first network operator the Nigerian Government contacted to come and jump-start the telecoms sector in 2000.

According to him, with Obasanjo on board, some telecoms experts, including Titi Omo-Ettu, Shola Taylor, and others in Diaspora, submitted a memorandum to the President, appealing to him to license GSM operators. He had told Obasanjo that the country would need to first build the sector, by writing the policy, which should be enacted as fast as possible.

 

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