Nigeria, Jan. 14 -- The federal government has expressed dismay over increment in charges for laying of telecommunication fibres, known as Right of Way (RoW) by some states of the federation.

According to a report by THISDAY newspaper, Lagos, Kano, Anambra, Ondo, Cross River, Kogi, Osun, Kaduna, Enugu, Adamawa, Ebonyi, Imo, Kebbi and Gombe, are the states who jerked the cost of the RoW fees for telecoms infrastructure.

In a statement signed by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, the government said the increase contravened an agreement reached at the National Economic Council (NEC).

State governors are also members of NEC which is the highest economic policy body of the country. It is headed by the vice pre...