Telecoms operators are asking the new minister of communication, innovation and digital economy, Bosun Tijani, to preserve the independence of the telecoms sector under the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
This call follows what they deem political interference that has resulted in lingering debts estimated at about N150billion that arose between the banks and operators from the use of the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD).
The chairman, Association of Licensed Telecoms Companies of Nigeria (ALTON), Gbenga Adebayo, who spoke at the ongoing Nigeria Telecoms Indigenous Content Expo (NTICE 2023) in Lagos made the call and further raised the alarm over the unsustainable end user pricing for services in the telecoms sector in view of the cost of doing business.
He said the pricing could not be sustained in view of the removal of fuel subsidy and likely removal of electricity subsidy.
