Nigerians Spent N3.66trn On Calls, Data in Two Years – NCC
This is a statistical report of the money spent on calls and other telecom services by the generality of Nigerians.
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has said Nigerians
spent N3.66 trillion on telecommunications services in 2015 and 2016
respectively.
Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Dambatta,
dropped the hint at the flag-off of the NCC Year of Consumer at the
Commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
According to him, Nigerian subscribers spent $5.6 billion in 2015
and $6.6 billion in 2016, amounting to $12.2 billion (N3.6trn) on
telecommunications services at an average exchange rate of N300.
The analysis of the amount showed that the N3.66 trillion spent by
Nigerian telecoms subscribers is more than half of the 2017 annual
budget of N7.298 trillion.
He said: “In 2015, Nigerian telecom consumers spent a whooping
$5.6 billion on telecommunications services. And in 2016, they topped it
up by another $1 billion to make it $6.6 billion.That is why today’s
event is remarkable. More remarkable is that the year 2017 is dedicated
to the Nigerian Telecom Consumers.
”A management decision that compels us to seek to amplify our
activities towards ensuring that the consumer enjoys a customer
experience that is enhanced and consistent in time and quality.
“Just as their patronage is important, the consumer will be our
focus. NCC intends to inform and educate the consumer with the sole
intent of protecting and empowering them to make the right decisions. As
a regulator, NCC has the mandate to ensure all its key stakeholders are
protected and their interests balanced in an atmosphere of openness and
transparency and within the framework of the NCA 2003 and other
subsidiary legislations.”
Continuing, Dambatta noted that the Commission was rolling out new
initiatives to achieve high quality of service by the service providers.
To address the two key areas of focus: improving the quality of
service and protecting and educating the consumers on their rights this
year, the EVC said the Commission had lined up measures to boost
customer awareness creation in all the 774 Local Government Councils by
ensuring prompt enforcement of the Do Not Disturb (DND) facility already
provided by NCC.
In his goodwill message, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, said
the Senate was at the forefront of consumer protection, and on the verge
of passing the Consumer Protection bill into law.
Saraki, who was represented by the Deputy Chairman, Senate
Committee on Communication, Solomon Adeola, said the bill when passed
into law, was expected to provide consumers with protective prices and
further insulate them from any exploitative tendencies currently
experienced in the sector.
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