The senator representing Bayelsa East at the National Assembly, Ben Murray-Bruce, has vowed to fight the planned hike in data tariffs by the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC).
The NCC had in a letter dated November 1, 2016 directed big telecoms operators to increase the floor price of data to 0.90k/MB effective December 1, 2016 “pending the finalisation of the study on the determination of cost-based pricing for retail broadband and data services in Nigeria”.
In a series of tweets posted on Wednesday morning, Murray-Bruce, an entertainment mogul, expressed his dissatisfaction over the decision.
According to the 60-year-old, telecoms companies should rather be directed to reduce their prices, not increase them in this era of economic recession in Nigeria.
Check out his tweets below:
I will fight against this data in the Senate. The NCC, as a regulator, should be directing that GSM firms reduce and not increase tariffs!!
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) November 29, 2016
In my opinion, rather than direct GSM firms to hike rates, NCC should invest in free public wifi for the advancement of knowledge in Nigeria
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) November 30, 2016
It is very unjust for people whose fuel, power and GSM plans are paid for by the people to increase fuel, power and GSM plans of the people!
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) November 30, 2016
