Nigeria’s minister of communication, Adebayo Shittu, has distanced the federal government from the NCC directive to some telecoms operators in the country to increase their data tariffs from Thursday, December 1, 2016.
Shittu, speaking on RayPower’s Fact File on Wednesday, November 30, 2016, said the government never ordered telecommunication providers to increase the price of data.
He said: “But I want to say that I was not privy to it, I was not a party to it, the government never gave any such instruction and the government as the representative of the people never have done that,” the minister said.
“There are reasons for what they have done, the reasons I’m sure will not be political, the reason will be more of logistics and all of that and as you have requested me to do I will do that.
“This government came into the democratic process and it has a duty to continue to protect the interest of Nigerians and I can assure you, we will do that and we will do the needful in protecting the rights and privileges of Nigerians.
On other challenges facing the telecommunication sector, the minister said his ministry is working towards curtailing the excesses of operators.
He said the government to ensure that Nigerians are not be taken for a ride by the telecoms company, adding that it will redouble efforts to curtail the excesses of the telecom operators.
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