Telecom subscribers in Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu States have rued the recent increase in telecommunication tariffs by the Federal Government, noting that it was not commensurate with the services provided.
The subscribers interviewed in a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) survey on the impact of the tariff hike in the zone viewed the development as an “act of injustice” on the populace.
NAN recalls that telecom operators had explained that without a tariff adjustment, sustaining quality service may become increasingly untenable.
NAN also reports that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) had approved a 50 per cent increase in telecom service tariffs, which automatically impacts the cost of phone calls, SMS, and data bundles nationwide.
Chief Dominic Ibe, a businessman in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital, said that the hike was one of the policies of the present administration that was…
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