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President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the MTN Group to make available top-of-the-range service to its Nigerian subscribers and at cheaper rates.

The president made the call when he received in audience of the board of MTN Group, led by its President and Chief Executive Officer, Ralph Mupita, at the State House, Abuja, on Friday.

Buhari said: “I congratulate you on your appointment as the Group President of MTN. I wish you all the best.

“Nigeria is your most lucrative market in Africa, Asia and the Middle East as well as the source of a third of the income of the entire MTN Group.

“As such, we urge you to offer top-of-the-range and affordable services to Nigerians.

“As we seek to make broadband widely available and affordable, we urge MTN to continue to our efforts by expanding high-quality connectivity to Nigerians in un-served and under-served areas.”


Indigenous content

The president also called on the group to the implementation of the National Policy for the Promotion of Indigenous Content in the Nigerian telecommunications sector.

“I recently unveiled and launched the National Policy for the Promotion of Indigenous Content in the Nigerian telecommunications sector.

“I call on MTN to the implementation of this policy and, train and engage more Nigerians in your company.

“In particular, we will like you to continue to our efforts by improving the quality of service and enabling a downward price review of the cost of data and other services, in view of your large market in Nigeria.

“We also urge you to step up your corporate social responsibility programmes and research and development that will enhance your services in Nigeria.”


Enabling environment

He assured his visitors that his istration was doing everything possible to make Nigeria investor-friendly by addressing identified challenges.

“We are implementing a number of policies and programmes to ensure that institutions like MTN have a conducive environment for doing business in Nigeria.

“Our massive jump in the Global Ease of Doing Business Ranking is proof that our efforts are yielding results.

“We have identified and addressed the key challenges that affected the growth of the digital economy sector.

“I am happy to note that the right of way charges have now been pegged at a maximum of N145/linear metre.

“I have given directives for the protection of critical national infrastructure and this has addressed the issue of vandalism of such infrastructure.

“Service providers should always appreciate the efforts of government and not undermine it,” he said.

Buhari expressed delight that the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector was doing very well despite the global economic downturn.

He noted that the ICT sector was the fastest growing sector in both the fourth quarter of 2020 and the entire year 2020, based on the report by the National Bureau of Statistics.

“The sector’s 14.70 per cent double-digit growth rate played a principal role in ing our country to exit the recession, triggered by COVID-19 pandemic.

“The growth rate of the sector exceeded four times the next fastest-growing sector of the fourth quarter of 2020, which had a growth rate of 3.42 per cent. This is truly commendable,” the president said. (NAN)

https://dailytrust.com/buhari-tasks-mtn-to-reduce-data-prices-for-nigerians

MTN be like.......

or 'What'?

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the price is the price - pay or fck off?

Why you keep increasing fuel price.

Story for the gods

Ok

Abeg, tell Fulanis to allow our farmers have peace of mind to go to farm! Leave MTN alone

Why not start by reducing the cost of business operations in the country and see prices of goods and services reduced to barest minimum

First 6 comments above crying and weeping over Buhari's instruction to mtn to reduce data prices. I'm sure next 20 comments will not be different. Even this my post will be quoted at least 10 times, all still crying over same instruction.

Yet, 100s of threads have been created, all sheding tears about how "Buhari's bmc" have taken over nairaland.

I sometimes wonder if logic has been commoditized at a very exorbitant price that it is not affordable.

What is happening?

Since when did he start caring for Nigerians?

Or he's up to something ni.

Insecurity unemployment fulani heards men problems exorbitant cost of food items corruption and others are more important than this data stuff. Nigerians are smarter than this ur data offer.

You cannot bribe Nigerians with cheap data because majority of Nigerians are using surf net

Are you trying to bully them or what? This is capitalism not communism. How can they reduce data when 1 dollar is #496?.
Did you give them constant power supply? Do you know how much MTN spend a day to power their masks? Abeg pack well.

Only you dictator, socialist (tradermoni), now a communist

From an eventful president that has never owned a kiosk before.

Even though I dumped MTN since 2012 because of their exploitative and overrated services.

There are certain departments that should enact a process for checking the excesses of any business or institution, and not someone who knows nothing about business, talkless of managing people, making meaningless remarks carelessly.

Okay naaw

You can’t ask any firm to reduce its price when you haven’t put things in place for that firm to also benefit. Before you ask any firm to reduce its price of goods or service, the govt has to reduce the tax the firm is paying so as to encourage a win-win business.

Something is fishy about this Buhari. Could it be that the real Buhari has surfaced?

Hmmm

Who else noticed that after twitter ban buhari has been actively vocal about issues concerning the affairs of the corntree and has been trying to make some positive changes?

Ok

Ok

After chopping billions of fine money abi?

After making things so difficult for them to do business. From the ridiculous NIN and SIM connection, to Twitter ban, to heavy tax and sanctions, you want them to make life easier for Nigerians, to do your job for you.

Buhari is the only president that everything is done for him.
Dude controls the security apparatus, yet sent governors away when they went to seek means to insecurity.

How I would love to have Bubu and Vladimir Putin in the same room!

While he keeps promising IPobs/ ESN in the language they'll understand....ogbeni reduce petrol price

The same way DSTV reduced subscription fees for us

Just Mtn?

It's like this man was injected with something recently. His character just changed. From lagos to borno and interviews and now this. Hmm.

Its not just ask, na the follow up be the matter, how many times dem don ask dem to reduce data price? Beside, it should not be Mtn alone....

How can you urge them to reduce prices while the only thing you know how to do is enable fuel price increase and PHCN tarriff.


Oga lead by example!

First thing this mallam has said that makes sense....but its not up to them...if he gives dem favourable market by bringing good policies.


Mayb he won't have to beg dem to reduce there price of data...

Ok

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Where is the man who impregnated her? He has japa as usual. May God punish any man who is the reason for anyone's suffering IJN

dudusky007:
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Seun lalasticlala myd44 this guys gets pictures from the Internet to scam people here.

Check these out.

Buhari became very active this days.

Something is fishy