Lagos don tell internet companies make dem arrange their roadside telecom installations before enforcement wey dem plan for Monday, 9 November 2026. Lagos State Infrastructure Maintenance and Regulatory Agency, LASIMRA, issue the notice on 2 November. The Guardian and Peoples Gazette reports of 3 November describe instruction for operators inside areas wey dem name. The notice no announce internet shutdown across the whole state.
The places na Ilasan and Ikate for Lekki, Allen Avenue for Ikeja, and Customs Office area off Toyin Street, still for Ikeja. Providers must arrange and secure cables with equipment wey follow dem, and remove things wey block space or cause environmental nuisance. LASIMRA General Manager Oyekanmi Elegushi sign the notice. Companies inside and around those places suppose cooperate with the agency.
LASIMRA say the aim na make streets safer, cleaner and better organised. So na how dem install and maintain the physical equipment this instruction concern. The reports no name any particular provider as company wey don commit offence. Dem no prove say every wire wey people see beside road na telecom cable, and dem no give timetable to disconnect customers. These differences matter when pictures of tangled wires dey follow the news.
The Guardian connect the directive with earlier cleanup wey start for May 2026 at Emina Crescent Junction on Toyin Street. E report say telecom industry representatives join and Nigerian Communications Commission support the exercise. That earlier work concern cables wey dem no dey use again or wey don spoil, wires wey hang loose and proper infrastructure installation. The earlier exercise no mean say dem don finish this November work.
Wetin e mean for you: people and businesses for the areas fit ask their internet provider whether dem plan local maintenance and whether e go affect their connection. This notice alone no prove say any particular house go lose internet. Customers suppose use notice from their own provider to confirm any interruption timetable, instead of taking the enforcement date as confirmed outage.
According to the agency warning, operators wey no obey fit face sanctions. The reports wey we read no confirm completed enforcement, punishment wey dem don give or any guarantee say broadband speed go improve. Wetin happen now na the cleanup instruction and enforcement date wey dem announce. We still need follow-up reports to know who obey and how customers experience am.