Recall that Naijahitz reports that MTNN increased its Data and Voice rates by 50% after many agitations by Nigerian citizens.
The House of Representatives has directed the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) and Bosun Tijani, the Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy to suspend any tariff increase.
The house argued that Nigerians cannot afford higher telecom costs amid rising inflation and the removal of fuel subsidies.
The tariff hike, which had been cleared by the NCC, was scheduled to take effect nationwide starting Monday.
While MTN, the country’s largest telecommunications provider, had already started implementing the revised rates as of Tuesday, other key players—Glo, Airtel, and 9mobile—had yet to release their new pricing structure.
A senior MTN executive, who requested anonymity due to lack of authorization to speak on the matter, confirmed the development.
He said:
“Yes, we’ve started updating our price lists.
However, this process is gradual, and we haven’t completed it for all products yet.”
The tariff adjustment primarily affects MTN data plans.
For example, the 1.5GB monthly plan, previously priced at N1,000, has now been replaced with a 1.8GB plan costing N1,500.
Similarly, the 15GB plan has increased from N4,500 to N6,500, while the 20GB plan now costs N7,500, up from N5,500.
Larger data bundles have seen even steeper hikes, with the 1.5 terabyte 90-day plan increasing from N150,000 to N240,000, and the 600GB 90-day plan rising from N75,000 to N120,000.
“From tomorrow (Wednesday), prices of other MTN products will be adjusted.
We are doing it in phases.
Not all the prices went up, some didn’t change, some are still below 50 per cent.”
