Telecommunication Right

TELECOMMUNICATION AND YOUR RIGHT

Nigerians have Constitutional Rights to Privacy and Protection of Personal Telecommunication Data

Telecommunications as an integral aspect of communications have been defined as ‘The art and science of communicating over a distance by telephone, telegraph and radio. The transmission, reception and the switching of signals such as electrical or optical, by wire, or electromagnetic . . . ’[1] The telecommunication industry serves as the backbone of most developments in the country.  The Federal Government has been making plans to sustain this development in the industry especially with the recent launch of the National Broadband Plan 2020-2025.