Isa Pantami, minister of
communications, has directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to
work with the telecommunications service providers to reduce the price of data.
According to Yusuf Abubakar, an
aide of the minister, Pantami gave the directive to the regulator when he
received a report on the implementation of the ministry’s short-term
performance targets.
Abubakar said Pantami expressed
dismay that despite the high cost of data, Nigerians do not enjoy good internet
services.
“According to the report from a
UK-based price comparison website – Cable, Nigeria is not among the top 10
African countries with low average price of data, a position the Minister of
Communications, Dr Isa Pantami, finds worrisome considering the fact that the country
has over 174 million internet users made public by the Nigerian Communications
Commission,” Abubakar said in a statement.
“The minister also finds it
unacceptable that with the prevailing high cost of data in Nigeria, the
citizens still do not enjoy value for money as subscribers battle daily with
illegal deduction of data, poor quality of service, among others.
“It is against this backdrop that
the minister directed the NCC, the telecom regulators, to immediately work hand
in hand with the telecom operators and ensure a downward review of the price of
data in Nigeria, improved quality of service provided and check the illegal
deduction of subscribers’ data.”
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