THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has refuted any
claim associating the Commission with the bribery allegations on MTN Nigeria
Communications to the tune of some N330 billion, insisting that no staff was
involved, reports ITRealms.
The Director, Consumer Affairs Bureau (CAB), Abdullahi
Maikano, made this refute in Effurun, Uvwien council area, Delta State during
the 22nd Consumer Town Hall Meeting.
According to Maikano, who was represented by his deputy, Dr
Femi Atoyebi, declared, “No NCC official was bribed. I repeat, nobody bribed
any NCC official on that MTN fine issue, quote me.”
Maikano also insisted that “NCC is a very responsible
organization under quality leadership which cascades down to the least of
staff. No NNC staff will ever take bribe. Challenge me if you see one. That
allegation is not true. You read in the papers what MTN has done, they have
paid some amount and they are to pay the rest by installments. So, that case is
actually settled.”
On the recurring consumer complaints of unsolicited Short
Messaging Service (SMS) and poor network among other concerns against service
providers, he said that the continued town hall meetings to bridge and bring
telecoms consumers with operators and the regulator are providing gainful
results in gradually resolving the complaints by users.
“It’s not true that NCC has not been doing anything about
complaints. The town hall meetings are not jamborees. Everything going on here
is being recorded and we will played. We do a comprehensive report and make
recommendations on every outing to management. Some of the policies you see
being rolled out by NCC emanate from reports from meetings like these. The
consumers are the target beneficiaries of all our activities which make them
enjoy primary focus in ensuring that they get quality of service, value for
money and timely and fair redress of complaints,” he said.
Uboshe Uboshe/GEE
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