• Service disruption to affect security, commerce, healthcare, education
Although the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, has admitted the need for a possible tariff hike in the telecoms sector, the timeline of the review remains unknown.
While the agitations by telecom companies for a hike in tariffs have been intense lately, a source within the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) denied any planned hike effective January 2025, stressing that a cost-based study is needed to know the current situation in the market.
The source said the 2013 hike was determined after such a study was carried out.
“There was a cost-based study, which showed the status of the market. I think KPMG was contracted for the study. The same process is expected to be followed for any price determination. The NCC cannot just wake up one day and fix…
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