Minister of Communication, Bayo Shittu, says only President Buhari will
decide on the N1.04 trillion fine Nigeria Communication Commission
slammed on the MTN for defaulting in the Sim registration exercise.
Shittu said this at the Alliance 4 Affordable Internet Nigeria Coalition
conference in Lagos yesterday November 24th
“I don’t think there is any conflicting position on where government
stands on the MTN issue. Recall that there were violations which were
established against MTN. The violations were to the tune of five million
subscribers.
There are many countries where subscribers, in the
entire country, are not up to half of the five million. In the case of
Nigeria, we had more than five million violations. However, both the
government and MTN are on the same page that rules have been broken in
this instance. The issue is now before Mr President. He will take the
necessary decision at the appropriate time. And the President would do
what is best for the public interest. 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
apologized for their role in the saga and they made a commitment that
what happened will never happen again. And of course, they made a plea
for review of the payment terms,” he said.
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