Consequently, repeated damage to fibre infrastructure can affect more than telephone calls and mobile data. Nigeria’s existing fibre infrastructure has expanded significantly over the years, but the country still faces gaps in metropolitan and last-mile fibre coverage. The permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of Works, Raphael Adelador, said road construction and telecommunications infrastructure frequently occupy the same physical space, making coordination essential. This makes prevention of fibre damage increasingly important, particularly where network outages originate from activities outside the direct control of telecommunications operators. Stakeholders have repeatedly identified infrastructure deployment challenges, including right-of-way issues, power supply constraints, multiple taxation and inadequate metropolitan fibre infrastructure, as barriers to broadband expansion.