The House of Representatives Committee on Communications is interfacing with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress to avert the nationwide protest scheduled for February 4, 2025, over the 50 per cent hike in telecom tariff.
Recall that the Nigerian Communications Commission recently approved a 50 percent tariff increase for telecommunication companies, citing prevailing operational costs.
In reaction, the NLC vowed to embark on a nationwide protest, calling on the Federal Government and the National Assembly to revert to the old tariff in the interim.
The union noted that the rally would serve as a warning on the dangers of imposing such “an unfair increase on a struggling population earning a minimum wage of only N70,000; a population that has suffered an outrageous hike in the price of petrol, high cost of food, hike in electricity tariff, among sundry hardship in the past few years.”