• Hausa Edition
  • Podcast
  • Conferences
  • LeVogue Magazine
  • Business News
  • Print Advert Rates
  • Online Advert Rates
  • Contact Us
Thursday, July 24, 2025
Leadership Newspapers
Read in Hausa
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
Leadership Newspapers
No Result
View All Result

Subscribers To Sue NCC Over 50% Telecom Tariff Hike

by Ruth Nwokwu
6 months ago
in Business
NCC
Share on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XTelegram

The National Association of Telecoms Subscribers (NATCOMS) has disclosed that it will sue the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over the approval for 50 percent tariff hike.

Advertisement

LEADERSHIP reports that NCC on Monday approved the request of telecommunications companies (telcos) to increase tariffs.

The adjustment came after the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) and the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) raised several concerns and asked the NCC to review call tariffs upwards.

Reacting to the development, the president of NATCOMS, Deolu Ogunbanjo said NCC did not carry subscribers along in the upward price adjustment.

RELATED: NCC, FCCPC Sign Pact To Protect Telecom Consumers

He noted that NATCOMS understands the dilemma faced by the telecoms industry and suggested a 5 per cent to 10 per cent marginal increase in tariff.

RELATED

Seplat Wins Energy Times’ Corporate Governance Firm Of The Year

Delta State Lauds Seplat Energy’s Commitment To Host Communities

9 hours ago
We Stand By Our Tariff Order – EERC

Tariff Slash Didn’t Tamper With Generation Costs – Enugu Electricity Commission

9 hours ago

Ogunbanjo stated that the federal government’s approved 50 per cent tariff hike is unacceptable.

“This will affect everyone from the biggest industry to the smallest company, such as the Point of Service (POS) operators,” Ogunbanjo said. “It will increase operational costs.”.

“We now depend on telecoms for our meetings, for the banks, everybody depends on it even the education sector, yes, a lot of things depend on it,” he said.

“So, that is why we painfully agreed that, look, a moderate or marginal five per cent to 10 percent increase will be fine.

“You know, we do not mind an increase if it is to salvage the industry that is helping us, that means so much to us and that is also contributing double-digit to Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP).

“So, we appreciate that. It’s painful, but we agreed. We said, okay, we will not mind if it is just a five percent to 10 percent increase.”

Ogunbanjo said if the operators need funds, they should explore the Nigerian exchange for options for financing.

“The industry operators can opt for an Initial Public Offer (IPO) for Nigerians to buy shares in their companies as a way of raising funds,” Ogunbanjo added.

“However, a situation where a whole 50 percent is granted for tariff hike is not cheap and it is a No! No! from us subscribers.

“I mean, for what we are already going through, no for us, we will challenge this in court.”

The Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani said on January 16 that a hike in telecom tariffs would not exceed 60 percent.

Tijani had said a 100 per cent increase would hurt Nigerians and hamper the country’s economic growth.

The chief executive officer (CEO) of MTN Nigeria, Karl Toriola maintained that telcos wanted a 100 percent increase in tariffs.

But in approving the operators’ request, the NCC capped the tariff increase at 50 percent lower than the telco’s demand by half.


We’ve got the edge. Get real-time reports, breaking scoops, and exclusive angles delivered straight to your phone. Don’t settle for stale news. Join LEADERSHIP NEWS on WhatsApp for 24/7 updates →

Join Our WhatsApp Channel




Tags: National Association of Telecoms Subscribers (NATCOMS)National Communication Commission (NCC)TelecomTelecom Tariff Hike
SendShareTweetShare
Previous Post

FCT Police Commissioner’s Son Dies In Road Accident

Next Post

EFCC Receives Petition To Probe Security Vote In Akwa Ibom

Ruth Nwokwu

Ruth Nwokwu

You May Like

Seplat Wins Energy Times’ Corporate Governance Firm Of The Year
Business

Delta State Lauds Seplat Energy’s Commitment To Host Communities

2025/07/24
We Stand By Our Tariff Order – EERC
Business

Tariff Slash Didn’t Tamper With Generation Costs – Enugu Electricity Commission

2025/07/24
3 Years  Post-PIA: NMDPRA Just Engaging Stakeholders On HostCom Fund Regulations
Business

West Africa Targets Q4 To Sign Harmonised Refinery Regulatory Agreements – NMDPRA

2025/07/24
Analysts Laud UBA’s N1trn Market Capitalisation Milestone
Business

Elumelu Donates N25bn To ‘Produce For Lagos’ Initiative

2025/07/24
Shell Sees $6bn Oil, Gas Investment Opportunity In Nigeria  Agency Reports
Business

Zero Emissions: Shell Says It Won’t Halt New Oil Field Development

2025/07/24
BUA Cement Grows Revenue By 90.5% To N867.5bn
Business

BUA Cement Grows Revenue By 90.5% To N867.5bn

2025/07/24
Leadership Conference advertisement

LATEST

JUST IN: Wrestling Legend Hulk Hogan Dies At 71

Namibia’s Referee Antsino To Officiate WAFCON 2024 Final

Suspected Herders Behead Farmer In Benue

JUST-IN: Obi Dares Okpebholo, Says ‘I Will Return To Edo’

Suspected Killer Of Kogi Photojournalist Commits Suicide

Tinubu To APC Govs: Nigerians Still Complaining, Do More At Grassroots

Army Chief Probes Viral Video On Alleged Poor Feeding Of Troops

Senators Proceed On Annual Recess To Resume September 23

Police Nab 2 Native Doctors, 3 Suspected Kidnappers ln Delta

Ikimi’s Group Dumps PDP For APC, Backs Okpebholo In Edo

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.