State Governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) issued a communique at the end of deliberations on a number of issues on Wednesday and commended the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) for imposing the $5.2bn (N1trn) fine on telecoms operator, MTN.
The fine was slammed on MTN after it defaulted on deactivating millions of unregistered phone lines.
The Governors received a comprehensive brief on the development from the NCC acting Executive Vice Chairman, Prof. Umar Danbatta, and wasted no time in throwing their weight behind the government agency.
NGF Chairman, Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara State, said “The forum commended the NCC for its strict compliance and enforcement of the law with regards to the fine issued to MTN and advised the Federal Government to ensure prompt and full payment.
“Hence, MTN has accepted that it committed the offence and has apologised, and is looking for leniency; we in the governors’ forum decided to support the NCC to abide by the laws of the land; and the laws of our land do not give leniency to a deliberate offence to our nation.”
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