The Enugu State government has commenced court action against Zinox Technologies Ltd, owned by the businessman, Chief Leo Stan Ekeh, over the failed city wi-fi wireless internet service for the capital city, for which the company was paid over N200 million. Briefing Government House correspondents on the development, the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Martin Ilo, accused the company of a shoddy job, saying it did not deliver what it promised.
The SSG said that instead of the cloud internet coverage of four kilometers radius of the city centre involving the installation of many base stations as specified in the contract agreement, what the company implemented was merely hot spots which work only around the few available base stations.
"There are two major issues. First, the range of the base stations is too short and very susceptible to obstacles, such that even where the mast exists, it works only within a limited range, best outside", he explained.
The government scribe also said that the internet service is not uniformly available, a situation that has security implications as many youths now cluster around the few functioning masts with their laptops, causing anxiety in some peaceful neighbourhoods.
"The venture has clearly failed, and that being the situation, we must have the money paid back into the state treasury. We can't tell our people, the people of Enugu State that we expended such an amount of their money on a failed project, and are keeping quiet about it. We are not known for that", he said.
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