 Now, the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria, Alton, says it may be forced to commence action with its regulators if the government fails to intervene in the shutting down of facilities in Kogi State. Chairman of Alton, engineer Bingard Dibbio dropped this hint by a brief announcement in Lagos. Justin Akademi has more. The shutting down of the facilities in Kogi State is coming as a result of disputes arising from unusual taxes and levies demanded by the state internal revenue service. The consequence of this is that 70 sites have been disconnected. While operators fear they will not be able to provide support for the city's entry, they say it may also have a huge toll on the overall economy. So it's not a threat to shutting down networks that are in place, do not misquote me. But we will be left with no option than to seek government intervention at higher levels to do whatever it is possible to compare government of Kogi State and that of FCBA to do something. And I think this is a matter of important and significant concern to government. It's unfortunate that the government at the sub-national level may flip the switch on the entire nation and roll before their arms and say it is their problem and it is not our problem. Because the implication is that if your neighbor is doing something wrong, you don't call him to order. The day that there are consequences on his action, your show will fill it. Present challenges include in the skyrocketed cost of diesel, take center stage. Although outing is not hammered on raising the rates, they feel that intervention from government is not too much to ask. Are the bottlenecks with the FCT administration and security worry the operators? All planning, all network planning, operational expenses that we have planned projected for the year is based on the projection that diesel will price, will cost at 200 and something Naira per litre. Today it has gone to several multiples and you know the implication on that. The problem is that because of the built infrastructure in Abuja, no individual operator can dig in Abuja to lay fiber. So FCT had their own underground fiber, their own underground ducts, which are member leases to deploy services. Because of the revenue attraction of black infrastructure, when new government in Abuja come, they change the numbers. In this essay, if you actually have terrorist attack, insurance will call it first major, riot and civil act. Insurance for those kind of things are very expensive. Outing retreated its commitment to work with government and security agencies at all levels while assuring that services will not be disrupted. Justin Acadone plus Steven Hughes.