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The federal government has approved a tariff hike for telecommunications services in Nigeria, which will lead to an increase in the price of calls, data, and SMS.
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According to the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, the hike will not be as high as the 100% increase requested by service providers.
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will soon approve the new tariffs and make them public.
The federal government has approved a tariff hike for telecommunications services in Nigeria, which will lead to an increase in the price of calls, data, and SMS.
The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, disclosed this on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at a stakeholders’ meeting with Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in Abuja.
According to Tijani, the hike will not be as high as the 100% increase requested by service providers.
“You have seen over the past weeks that there has been agitation from some of these companies to increase tariff. They are requesting for 100 per cent tariff increase. But it will not be by 100 per cent. We are still looking at that study and NCC will come up with a clear directive on how we will go about it,” he said.
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will soon approve the new tariffs and make them public.
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The Executive Vice-Chairman (EVC) of the NCC, Dr. Aminu Maida, noted that the meeting with stakeholders was about the sustainability of the industry.
“We have looked at all of these factors, and that is why, like the Minister said, it is not likely that we are going to approve 100 per cent tariff increase,” he said.
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