The Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, has told the Nigerian
Communications Commission, NCC, to work out modalities to reduce the price of
data in the interest of Nigerians.
The Minister in charge of the ministry, Dr Isa Ali Pantami, stated this at
a meeting with stakeholders in the industry in Abuja.
According to the minister, his office has been inundated with complaints
from concerned Nigerians about the high cost of data by telecommunication
companies in the country
The minister mandated the management of the NCC led by its Board Chairman,
Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye to, with immediate effect, resolve the issue.
According to him, “If you go to other countries, even countries that are
not as largely populated as Nigeria, data prices are not this high.
“I am also a victim of some of the infractions that are so common in the
industry.
“You load your data, but you barely used 20 percent of it and the entire
data is wiped off.”
