Nigeria telecom tariff is reasonable-NCC

Anthony Nwakaegho/DigitalSENSE Business News:

The Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC) has described the tariff regime in the Nigeria’s telecommunication sector as reasonable and competitive going by what is obtained in some countries, including African countries.

The Director of Public Affairs of  NCC, Mr Tony Ojobo made this known in a chat with DigitalSENSE Business News in Lagos, saying that these days, people could make callfor as low as 10kobo per second which translates to about six naira per minute.

“I have travelled to some places recently and discovered that our tariffs are reasonable and competitive. Presently the commission is conducting a study to look at tariffs in the various regions with a view to seeing how ours compare with those tariffs. Of course you are aware that even in the interconnect determination there is going to be a slight par to the system of constantly addressing the issue of interconnect charges. We have done one for this year, so there is going to another one for next year and in the third year.

“We believe that within this period of time we are going to see tariff significantly reduced across the networks in the various services that are being offered today. I have to give kudos to the Executive Vice Chairman and the Board of the Commission who have looked at all of these challenges and these initiatives have been put in place to be addressing them,” Ojobo said.

Ojobo also informed DigitalSENSE Business  News  that the industry is more matured and more responsive to some degree and noted that with the level of competition that exist in the industry the service providers are becoming more accountable to the subscribers.

“Today, you can call customer care line and wouldn’t have to wait hours on end before they attend to you. These are the development that has taken place and it is for the good of the industry and for the good of the subscribers,” he said.

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