Yhinkss:
There are a lot we seem not to understand or maybe we are interested in focusing on the negatives. There are no develoment without pain and sacrifices all what we nigerians want is to continue getting better things at their comfort zones
First of all the price template was not fashioned by Fashola it was a design from the previous government for an ideal running of the system. If u listened to what BRF said that it was the way it had suppose to be with the price but the last government did not implement it. The Disco recently declared to divest from the buy if the pricing is not improved because they are not making return and it is preventing them in investing more and even exanding as required by the government agreement on them. How can u run a business without making profits? So accordingly the new pricing will now make them stand well in terms of rendering and expanding after a particular time in agreement with the govt.
We only want everything to suit us like oyibo without making any effort like them . When we travel to other developed nations do you realise how much other nations are paying for various taxes that are non existent in nigeria we just like everything free.
Some social service is coming as promised and we are happy but how many are ready to pay for anything just like other nations or do you all complain or refuse to pay if you travel out especially South Africa
Let's compare Nepa to diesel or inverter it is still larger very low so there is a bit of support from the citizenry for our own benefits

maestroferddi:
Buhari is setting a dangerous precedence that would haunt generations of urborn Nigerians.

In less than one year of an opposition party taking the mantle of leadership in Nigeria, we are seeing acts and predilections reminiscent of the concentration camps and gulags of Hitler's Nazi Germany and Stalin's Soviet/Communist Russia.

We are watching...

ACM10:
Why put him in handcuff? Buhari's high-handedness will be his greatest undoing. What goes around comes around. If detainees cannot be treated with dignity, then people will have no cause to honour summon.

hotwax:
Some Nigerians are blinded by Tribalism. Politicians are stealing our money scotfree, these idiots just dont care. They dont care if the nation moves forward or not

banio:
Nigeria. This brings one to ask " Is there no standard to issue out bail conditions ". This bail condition is ridiculous to me. I am not supporting Mr Metu

IVORY2009:


In advance countries like US, UK etc, wen you come to my house to arrest me, the first thing you will be asked is "Warrant of arrest" without dat, the person is going now where, I think in Nigeria it is a different ball game.

marlockj:


Let me ask you...what is the use of his lawyers then...

Yes rearrested infront or behind the court is no issue...

Efcc knew he will be granted bail n meet the bail hence his rearrest....

I want to ask upon his rearrest was he in efcc custody beyond the stipulated days according to constitution.....


Are you aware you can be arrested with no offence and charge to court, for any fabricated story..it is left from you to defend yourself.....

Efcc can rearrest him with any offence they deem fit,while investigating. Provided he has not stayed in efcc custody without charge, over d day stipulated by constitution....

I understand Wat you mean...Bt this government I think is wiser and smart.... knowing if they let a powerful man Lik him out so soon, he will destroy witnesses, evidence etc....

To me once any thing is done account to constitution.. then is right....

To me Wat I think efcc is doing now is spreading Lik 20 charges and rearresting you as many times as possible.... so that you cnt meet any bail and stay with them till your case is decided...

Efcc n dis government are now smart....

osaze123:
Buhari’s Interpretation of ‘One Nigeria’ (See Photos)
By: Nnamdi Boniface
The Man on Blue is from the North namely Dasuki while the one on brown is from d South-East and He’s name Olisa. Now the one on blue stole a wooping sum of 2.1billion USD and gave d one on brown a cut from it (N400million naira). Now one with human brain would have ask himself why the Chief thief isn’t convicted yet or put on Handcuffs but the other that received a share from the chunk is already in Prison. I expect those Igbo and South South fools who say they belong to one Nigeria to answer this. As we speak Dasuki is still a free man while olisa metuh is already condenmed. You see any pictute of Mad Hippocricy here? This is why BIAFRA is a must ! A Nation where tribal sentiment and eye service will be errased from within us. Nigeria can never be one because the North sees themselves as king over other region. One Nigeria is just a phrase used to decieve the gullible ones.
Nnamdi Boniface writes from Awka

APCsupporter:

Meaning?

OohLalah:



That's what hate, envy and jealousy does! It makes people blind to facts.

dammytosh:

Probably no company in the world knew the fine per breach and still went ahead and went that far !
The fine was not conjured by NCC. It is a standing RULE and REGULATION.
Per unregistered line, you pay x amount. So if MTN folded their arms and waited for unregistered line to be that much, that is their business.

APCsupporter:


Man, our security is more important than that and MTN is not better than other networks that obeyed the order. Mtn takes this country for granted

nworanco:

American govt do slams on any defaults company more than this, okay.
With these other companies irrespective of their fields will render good and quality services to people of Nigeria.

wolexf:
Registration of citizens is more of the Federal Govt's responsibility.
In sane societies government registers its citizens and issue a unique identification number to them like the social security number in America, they don't rely on private companies for that.
All MTN should have had to do is to ensure all numbers have their national identification numbers appended.
FG has awarded several contracts for identification that have not yielded any fruit with several billions of tax payers money down the drain. Even NCC collected 6 billion taxpayers money for registration and didn't have anything to show for it.
I don't thinks it's fair to hang security challenges on a private company like MTN and slam such an outrageous fine on them, when government failed in its own responsibility of having record of all its citizens

dammytosh:

Apparently you thought the fine came from the blues.
There was a regulation and the fine was well defined.
I guess they assumed they can always bribe their way out because this is Nigeria.
The danger of unregistered lines can not be over emphasized.

lashane:

Having gone through this piece and with a deep thought. My posit is that Nigeria's economy can't afford the ripple effect the enforcement of the fine would impact on us presently. Agreed the telecommunication companies and NCC agreed on a specified amount for the fine. But looking at the reality on ground whereby the fine seems to be a killer measure rather a punitive measure for deterrent. Perhaps I wish the NCC can award MTN a huger cut, they will be doing this gesture to secure and sustain a looming direct Job loss, Vendor eviction, Engineering companies, and cuts in endorsement and social engagements that MTN involves in. The fine is almost 80% of it's revenue. That is not a reflection of a fine at all but a killer blow. We will be doing about 1million Nigerians a huge favour by lowering this fine. I think it's a lose lose situation. The fine holds, Nigerians suffer for it(job loss) and MTN's finance and image also suffers. But I think we need to think more about our brothers and sisters who might lose their jobs. We need to think about the entertainment sector, whereby a number of our stars are engaged by MTN. Don jazzy, Praiz, Chidinma, Kclimpopo to mention a few. This guys pays salaries to a number of staffs around them too. They will surely cut down should income drop. We can go on and on to engineering, mast maintenance, banking, call centres etc.
Let's #PLEAD4MTN for at least the sake of our friends, families and fellow Nigerians that work in the company, that the fine be reduced. We will be doing ourselves the favour.

kcplay:

Hopefully. MTN would survive it.

mrsage:
@ Op this case Is a very simple case. Let's not complicate issues here.
The fine is fixed per line. From my research it was fixed in 2011 after due consultation with all stake holders including the Telecoms companies.
Scenario : my company has 20 trucks and a fine of N25,000 is fixed as penalty for an offence eg bad tyres. If 10 trucks from my fleet has bad tyres I pay N25,000 x 10= N250,000. It's simple, the best I can get is a slight reduction.
That is exactly what happened here.
Mtn as a corporate entity contravened an already existing offence. Ncc did not cook up the figures its clearly stated.
Someone should please tell Mtn to learn to obey the law. Simple.

ojun50:
I don't give a sheet abt pleading bt am sure mtn we nt be down for now.

Pavore9:
Misplaced pleading, OP give us the total revenue of MTN from the Nigerian market from 2001 till date. How did you plead on behalf of fellow Nigerians through these years MTN has been extorting them?