The Katsina State Government to lift the ban on telecommunication services in the remaining seven affected local government areas before January 2021.
Governor Aminu Bello Masari, who announced this during a media parley with reporters in Katsina, urged residents to do their best to protect their areas from bandit attacks.
It would be recalled that recently the state government lifted the ban on telecommunication services in 10 out of the 17 local councils which hitherto suffered from banditry.
He however applauded the efforts of all security agencies, especially vigilance groups, for fighting bandits, noting that the vigilantes travel from one community to another with the aim of protecting the communities.
The Governor also advised people to defend their communities and to also give the securities all the necessary support, especially by providing them with correct information on criminals.
Masari urged the people in the various communities to support the local vigilance groups with the necessary weapons so that they could defend them in the event of any attack.
