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Hike In Telecoms Tariff: Govt In Last-Minute Move To Avert NLC Shutdown

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Last updated: February 3, 2025 9:59 am
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Olusegun Ariyo

There are indications that the federal government will on Monday meet with the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to stop the planned Tuesday nationwide protest against the 50 percent telecommunications tariff hike.

A reliable source familiar with the matter, who preferred anonymity, disclosed this on Monday morning, noting that the meeting between the NLC leadership and the federal government is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Monday.

The source said the meeting was a “dialogue on matters of national interest as it affects Nigerian workers.”

According to the source, it will be an inter-ministerial meeting with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), purposely to resolve issues raised by the NLC concerning the federal government’s approved upward adjustment to telecommunications tariffs, which the NLC, its allies, and others are vehemently opposing.

This comes as the NLC is already mobilizing workers for a mass protest tomorrow (February 4) against the 50 percent tariff hike approval.

On Thursday last week, in a letter to affiliate unions and state councils, NLC General Secretary Emma Ugboaja urged them to mobilize other Nigerians to send a serious message to the government.

The planned protest follows the 50 percent telecom tariff approval by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on January 20, 2025.

The approval had sparked widespread rejection among telecom subscribers.

 subscribers under the aegis of the National Association of Telecoms Subscribers, headed by Adeolu Ogunbanjo, announced plans to drag the federal government to court over the 50 percent tariff hike.

Ogunbanjo had proposed that if there must be a telecom tariff hike, it should not be more than 10 percent, considering the hardship Nigerians already face.

However, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, had blamed global inflation for the approved 50 percent tariff hike.

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