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The NLC forced the federal government to reduce the proposed 50% telecom tariff filing to 35%.
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This reduction was reduced at a meeting between government representatives in the Office of the National Security Adviser and the NLC.
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NLC threatens to shut down telecom companies nationwide if tariffs are increasingly unchanged.
The Nigerian Labor Conference (NLC) has successfully negotiated a proposed 50% telecommunications tariff increase to 35%.
This development follows a meeting between government representatives and the NLC held on Friday, February 21, 2025 at the Office of the National Security Adviser.
The meeting began around 4 p.m. and ended around 7 p.m., sources said, with NLC delegates insisting that tariffs must be withdrawn.
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After a tremendous pressure, the government and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) agreed to reduce it by 15%.
Despite an earlier agreement with the federal government and the NCC, the NLC was earlier angry at the escalation of tariffs by telecom companies.
“If telecom companies fail to restore old tariffs by the end of February 2025, the overall closure of national operations will begin on March 1, 2025,” NLC said in a communiqué.
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The communique was signed by President and Secretary General of Congress Joe Ajaero and Emma Ugboaja, respectively, to direct the NLC State Council and the Industrial Union branches to immediately begin their members and their judicial system to begin immediately on their members and their judicial system, respectively. The sensitivity and mobilization of the general public within the ministry.
The NLC also instructed workers and citizens to boycott MTN, Airtel and Glo’s services between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. until the end of February 2025, and suspend the purchase of data from these companies.
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The Nigerian Labor Conference (NLC) will bring its members and Nigerians to boycott telecommunications services starting today on February 13, 2025 to protest the 50% tariff hike imposed by mobile network operators.
The boycott is expected to take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every day until the end of February 2025.
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