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Pres. Buhari Would Take Final Decision on MTN’s N1tn Fine – Communications Minister

Farouk Mohammed
By Farouk Mohammed
Published: November 25, 2015
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Nigeria’ Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari would decide MTN Nigeria’s fate regarding the N1.04tn fine imposed on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission.

“The issue is now before Mr. President. He will take the necessary decision at the appropriate time. I think Nigerians will expect that Mr. President would do the best to ensure that the public interest is guaranteed,” he said according to Technology Times.

He dismissed reports that the government was negotiating with the MTN Group and was considering slashing the fine. He stressed that there was no conflicting position on where the government stood on the matter.

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Shittu noted, “Recall that there were violations, which were established against MTN. The violations were to the tune of five million (unregistered SIM cards). That is a whole lot.

“There are many countries where subscribers are not up to half of five million. In the case of Nigeria, we had more than five million violations. The good thing is that MTN did not contest the fact that they had violated the regulations and guidelines. They never contested it. They admitted they were at fault.

“They apologised for their role in the saga and they made a commitment that what happened would never happen again. And of course, they made a plea for the review of the payment terms.”

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