‘MTN must pay N2.8trn fine’

Telecommunications giant, MTN must pay the N1.04 trillion fine imposed on it by the Nigeria Communications Commission for defaulting in deactivation of unregistered SIMs- says the Federal House of Representatives.

Chairman, House Committee on Telecommunications, Hon. Saheed Akinade-Fijabi, said this on Wednesday, at a meeting with the Executive vice chairman of the NCC, Prof Umar Dambatta.

Akinade-Fijabi said the initial payment of N50 billion was not enough for undermining the federal government’s efforts in tackling terrorism challenges in the country.

“The law is there for you to abide by and not for you to go against them. MTN has been trying to circumvent the process and find a way of running away from the law instead of them facing the music.”

Speaking in the same vein, Hon Johnson Agbonayinman, a member of the committee, stated that MTN violated sections 19 of the Telephone Subscribers Regulations under the Communications Act, which states that “Any licensee who fails to capture register, deregister or transmit the details of every individual or corporate subscriber to the central data base as specified in the regulation or as may be stipulated from time to time by the Commission is liable to a penalty of N200 000 for each subscription medium”.

“MTN’s failure to deactivate 5.2 million SIM cards should be liable to a fine of N2.8 trillion.”

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