The Senate on Wednesday ordered the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, to immediately stop the implementation of its directive for mobile data tariff to be increased.
The Upper Chamber maintained that all stakeholders must be consulted before such hike could take effect.
Recall that the NCC had announced its directive for telecoms operators to increase the cost of data tariff plan from tomorrow, December 1. Details later…
The Senate Committee on Communications on Tuesday approved the proposed data price hike by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The Committee, which visited the NCC headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday as part of its oversight functions, said Nigerians should see the commission as being on their side on the…
After the Nigeria Senate asked NCC to halt the proposed hike in data tariffs, the NCC have released an official statement confirming that they have indeed suspended their plans, as well as explaining why they made the proposal in the first place.
The Nigerian Communications Commission has said the proposed hike in data tariff by telecommunication companies is meant to protect the interest of the subscribers and prevent monopoly. The Deputy Director, Consumer Affairs Bureau of the NCC, Mr. Ismail Adedigba, said this in Osogbo on the sidelines of the 81st…
