Telecoms tariff hike: FG deploys security agents as NLC insists on protest

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence corps on Sunday warned the Nigeria Labour congress against its planned march 1 shutdown of telecommunication services in response to the recent 50 per cent tariff hike.

The Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff association of Nigeria and the association of telecommunications companies of Nigeria also opposed the NLC’S planned boycott of telecom services and shutdown of telecom infrastructure,

The spokesman for the NSCDC, BABAWALE Afolabi, in a chat with the Punch on Sunday, said the agency had deployed operatives to the base stations to prevent any illegal action by the protesters.

The NLC announced its intention to shut down the operations of telecommunications companies across the country if the tariff hike announced by the Nigerian communications commission was not reversed by the end of February.

The union directed Nigerians to boycott the services of major telecom providers, including MTN, AIRTEL, and GLO, daily between 11am and 2pm starting february 13 and continuing through the month.

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