NCC- Data tariff increase is to protect interest of subscribers

    The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, says the proposed hike in data tariff by telecommunication companies is meant to protect the interest of the subscribers and prevent monopoly.

    The Deputy Director, Consumer Affairs Bureau of the NCC,  Ismail Adedigba stated this in Osogbo on the sidelines of the 81st consumer outreach programme held in Osogbo.

  He said the agency had not given up on the proposed data tariff increment, saying that the NCC was working to protect the interest of Nigerians in order to prevent telecom giants from ripping them off at the end.

   Earlier, the Director, Consumers Affairs of the NCC, Alhaji Abdulahi Maikano, said that the agency would not avoid its responsibility of protecting the interest of subscribers.