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The National Civil Society Council of Nigeria has suspended its scheduled protest after meeting with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
The protest was against the 50 per cent increase in telecom tariffs and the suspension was announced during a press briefing in Abuja on Monday.
Following the federal government’s approval of the tariff hike, the NCSCN has revealed a mass protest at the NCC headquarters and the National Assembly.
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Sharing an update, NCSCN Executive Director, Blessing Akinlosotu disclosed that detailed presentations, economic assessments and operational data provided during the meeting with the NCC resulted in a re-evaluation of the situation.
“After the tense and robust engagement with the Management of NCC, we further set up a 5-man Technical Committee to carefully study documents presented to us and asked the Committee to do a clinical and forensic examination of available records of operational costs and annual profit margins of some major Telecom Service Providers in Nigeria, with critical assessments of Financial Statements.
“Our findings were very interesting and call for a serious review of the position and planned line of action,” he stated.
