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In line with the directives of the Honourable Minister of the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, FNCS, FBCS, FIIM, measures have been put in place to significantly reduce the average cost of data. The average cost of 1GB of data has reduced from the January 2020 cost of N1,000 to N487.18 in November, 2020. This was based on a Report by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) submitted to the Honourable Minister following the implementation of the directives.

The Honourable Minister had inaugurated a Committee that developed the Nigerian National Broadband Plan (2020-2025) on the 16th of December, 2019. The Plan was unveiled and launched by His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, on the 19th of March, 2020. One of the goals of the Plan is to reduce the average cost of 1GB of data to a maximum of N390 by 2025. With the January 2020 baseline of N1,000 per GB, the maximum projected steady decrease for the end of each year was as follows: 2020 (N925), 2021 (N850), 2022 (N775), 2023 (N700), 2024 (N545) and 2025 (N390).

In line with Dr Pantami’s commitment to under promise and over deliver, the measures have caused the current cost of data to reduce significantly beyond the December 2020 projection of N925. Based the Report by NCC, the average cost of data as at November 2020 was N487.18, which amounts to 47.33% lower than the projected value. The Report also indicates that the cost of data in November 2020 was less than 50% of the cost of data in January 2020.

The Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, through the NCC, will continue to ensure that consumers enjoy a price regime that s fairness and is friendly to consumers. Policies are in place to ensure that operators adopt competitive pricing that eschews unjustifiable margins. The general public may also wish to note that complaints about rapid data depletion are also being investigated.

For more enquiries, the Honourable Minister has directed NCC to respond to all issues raised by our citizens and customers. All hands will remain on deck to achieve the goals of the Broadband Plan as the Ministry supervises its implementation in line with our National Digital Economy Policy for a Digital Nigeria.

Dr Femi Adeluyi
Technical Assistant (Information Technology) to the
Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy
9th December, 2020

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UNTILL I GET MINE

But network providers are still selling at old prices. Is it only to be approving they know. What happens to making sure that it is implemented

As at last week... Operators haven't put the directive into motion...

Better to take this gist with a pinch of salt

Message well noted. Implementation is next

Nice One... that's if only they will implement it sha.

How is this an achievement

Something that will all know it won't last

The average cost of 1GB of data has reduced from the January 2020 cost of N1,000 to N487.18 in November, 2020.

FG,,BUHARI,,ADESINA,,LAI MOHAMMED((BUNCH OF BULLSHITERZ))

No be today

But they are still charging us same.

okay

Ok

Nice one

Audio crash

The fvck

Niggarr!!


Good news!

If Buhari cant deliver on his numerous audio election promises, at least he can deliver on getting data cheap.

I mean we are still the poverty capital of the world and the middle class looks like its disappearing.

Back to the news, so my 5k sub will turn to 2.5k sub soonest, that means more money to get SK, that means staying high always.

But make them nor try stop SIM sale, black market go still dey, the price go just high.

Cos that was bad news for us, cos how we gonna get them FB codes, only real niggarrs would understand this.

But in the mean time, we keep bombing twice on an Europa league thursday not forgetting sports betting, cos we can get rich anyhow.

see my signature.

I said what I said

Price control is bad for capitalism.

Who is advising this Government?

Best news this Year

NICE DEVELOPMENT IF ITS REALLY TRUE.

Mtn and Co will soon bribe our law makers d way DStv bribed Dem.

Uncle Lai won't like ds

How do they tend to implement it?
And who said the price won't go up later

Ok

Is data supposed to be this expensive in the first instance?




Audio crashing

When dem slash am or na audio slashing

taaa!!! ifa tear una slap eh

something that has even increase outrageously in tariff charge that u morons are coming here to tell us 1 stupid super story.

to beat Buhari they hungry me since sef.

it is not how many but how long. The way network providers suck data is alarming. Nowadays 500mb is like last year 100mb

Okkk
The RECHARGE CARD beggars should be happy now

Scam...:
I don’t believe this my data now exhaust earlier than it used to be since August now even with less usage