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The Nigerian Senate has asked the Nigeria Communication Commission,
NCC, to immediately halt the proposed Internet data tariff hike.
The new data tariff regime is billed to commence Thursday, December
1, after the NCC had communicated the telecommunications companies and
asked the big operators, namely MTN, Glo, Etisalat and Airtel, to hike
data price.
The proposal has seen Nigerians protest the hike on social media,
expressing fears the government planned to limit citizens’ access to
Internet.
But on Wednesday, the Senate, following a motion under matter of
urgent importance by Bala N’ Allah, the Senate Deputy Leader, condemned
the planned data tariff hike, and asked the NCC to halt the increase
immediately.
The new policy, NCC said in its directive to the operators as
exclusively reported by The Cable news media, is to allow the “small
operators” acquire market share and operate profitably.
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