Priest200:
Na d user go cm pay this 1.4tr afta.. I beta find anoda reliable netwrk.

Na lie,the user no fit pay.Baba will fine them again.It's a competitive deregulated market.They will want to hold on to their customers.

SLIDEwaxie:
just close ur eyes and imagine this was Jonathan's era:

NCC: like I was saying Mr. President, what Mtn did poses danger to our national security. preregistered sim can be used by kidnappers, fraudsters and...

MTN: Mr. President, talk to NCC na!

NCC: (Stands up angrily and points to MTN) don't think u can escape this! the president is on our side and...

JONA: (clears throat)..I am on the side of everybody, okay?

NCC: (surprised) including boko haram?

JONA: Including Asari and Tompolo sef. oh..yes! because I am the president of everybody so let us talk this thing amicably.

NCC: But...

JONA: but nothing. okay? First of all...

MTN: (interjects) go down low

NCC: what?

JONA: MTN, mind yourself. Now, first of all, I want you to hand me the case file of this..

NCC: but Sir...

MTN: (snatches file and gives to JONA).

NCC: What insolent!!!

JONA: listen, NCC, u don dey vex me sef. shey, na u be president abi na me? so, if MTN no snatch the thing commit for ur hand u go refuse abi?
okayyyy...(frowns) now I understand. You dnt even respect me anymore. I...

NCC: I am very...

MTN: shut up my friend! the president is talking!

JONA: go! I will call u later. go now!!!

NNC LEFT ANGRILLY.

JONA: (turns to MTN): So?

MTN: we will transfer it tomorrow morning Sir (smiling). Just as we agreed on.

JONA: I trust u. I trust u. And em...the subscribers that NCC dey shout abt now, na how many?

MTN: don't mind NCC, na just 5million o.

JONA: Jesus!!! Just 5million out of 180million Nigerians na ihn dem wan make u pay that amount?

MTN: ohoo...u sef see...

JONA: Dey go abeg. Just make sure say na alert wake me tomorrow or else..

MTN: no worry Sir. u knw us na..

JONA: I knw everybody. Oya, dey go.

MTN walks out. JONA pick ihn phone call diezani..

JONA: hello ma...hello...(shakes phone) this network sef...hello ma..oh..yea ma, it's me.....thank u...(smiles). Em...I just wan ask why I no see alert yesterday? shebi una don pay subsidy to marketers....

Look at what you wasted time to write and you still get clicks Foolish LIKES. Remember that the only thing we want in this govt is CHANGE. For now, no show but rhetorics. The more noise about change is raised, the more the econowy nosedives.

slydog:
Buhari is alredy thinking outside the box to finance his 2016 budget. We will soon hear from customs. So much for over reliance on crude oil

And they called Baba old school.Baba is using the technic countries without resources are using to survive/develop to shore up our economy.Sai Baba!This Baba is too 'CLUE-FULL'

babafirst:
They can't shift their anger,NCC is monitoring them and in a competitive market like that if they cheat covertly people will 'port' lol.I only see them reducing their Corporate Social Responsibility which is not even up to the about 4.3 Bill USD they have been fined.Just relax blue chip companies are being fined hundreds of billions regularly around the world for flouting government policies,MTN won't shake.

stop exaggerating it. No company is been charge hundred of billions of dollars in the world. MTN is not even a fortune 500 company. Paying 4.3 billion dollars will destroy the company in Nigeria. I think the NCC will reduce the fine later

when the payment is confim ...I wish they share it to all mtn subscribers t hat there numbers have been deactivated.....

Can you just imagine Sambo representing Nigeria in a negotiation? ?I love this team!

AGREEMENT IS AGREEMENTI OHH,AGREEMENT IS AGREEMENTI OHH,YOU DON REACH TO PAY ME BACK YOU COME DEY TELL ME RUBBISH AGREEMENT IS AGEERIMENTI OHHH.-Nkem Owoh in his song Agreement.

wiseoneking:
Look at what you wasted time to write and you still get clicks Foolish LIKES. Remember that the only thing we want in this govt is CHANGE. For now, no show but rhetorics. The more noise about change is raised, the more the econowy nosedives.

go and jump In a lake.

Since ncc has fined mtn. I get more messages to subscribe for one thing or the other .. They need money seriously

TonyeBarcanista:

SA provides better business environment than Nigeria.

Don't we wish for same? Ain't you tired of the backwardness in Nigeria? When things like this are overlooked, how then can we grow?

babafirst:
MTN cannot retrench like that my bro.And before NCC fine them dem know Wetin dey dia pocket.Ofcourse I agree with the idea of spreading the fine.(Apologies for my use of pidgin)

The pidgin is allowed but I am not a bro ..

Raiders:
stop exaggerating it. No company is been charge hundred of billions of dollars in the world. MTN is not even a fortune 500 company. Paying 4.3 billion dollars will destroy the company in Nigeria. I think the NCC will reduce the fine later

Where did you see hundreds of billions of dollars? I think you need to read again. Also, BP was fined about 20 Billion USD by the US govt over oil spill nd they paid. So, stop talking bout what you don't know.

Meanwhile, Mtn can pay and must pay. VP Osinbajo is a shareholder in MTN and he has insisted that they pay.

what do MTN think it is? the. Nigerian constitution itself or what? what where they gonna do? disregard paying the fine?

This network ripped me endlessly that I have to port to Glo. I just pity people that are not so informed.

SLIDEwaxie:
just close ur eyes and imagine this was Jonathan's era:

NCC: like I was saying Mr. President, what Mtn did poses danger to our national security. preregistered sim can be used by kidnappers, fraudsters and...

MTN: Mr. President, talk to NCC na!

NCC: (Stands up angrily and points to MTN) don't think u can escape this! the president is on our side and...

JONA: (clears throat)..I am on the side of everybody, okay?

NCC: (surprised) including boko haram?

JONA: Including Asari and Tompolo sef. oh..yes! because I am the president of everybody so let us talk this thing amicably.

NCC: But...

JONA: but nothing. okay? First of all...

MTN: (interjects) go down low

NCC: what?

JONA: MTN, mind yourself. Now, first of all, I want you to hand me the case file of this..

NCC: but Sir...

MTN: (snatches file and gives to JONA).

NCC: What insolent!!!

JONA: listen, NCC, u don dey vex me sef. shey, na u be president abi na me? so, if MTN no snatch the thing commit for ur hand u go refuse abi?
okayyyy...(frowns) now I understand. You dnt even respect me anymore. I...

NCC: I am very...

MTN: shut up my friend! the president is talking!

JONA: go! I will call u later. go now!!!

NNC LEFT ANGRILLY.

JONA: (turns to MTN): So?

MTN: we will transfer it tomorrow morning Sir (smiling). Just as we agreed on.

JONA: I trust u. I trust u. And em...the subscribers that NCC dey shout abt now, na how many?

MTN: don't mind NCC, na just 5million o.

JONA: Jesus!!! Just 5million out of 180million Nigerians na ihn dem wan make u pay that amount?

MTN: ohoo...u sef see...

JONA: Dey go abeg. Just make sure say na alert wake me tomorrow or else..

MTN: no worry Sir. u knw us na..

JONA: I knw everybody. Oya,

MTN walks out. JONA pick ihn phone call diezani..

JONA: hello ma...hello...(shakes phone) this network sef...hello ma..oh..yea ma, it's me.....thank u...(smiles). Em...I just wan ask why I no see alert yesterday? shebi una don pay subsidy to marketers....

ever since I joined nairaland na this comment make me laugh pass

Raiders:
stop exaggerating it. No company is been charge hundred of billions of dollars in the world. MTN is not even a fortune 500 company. Paying 4.3 billion dollars will destroy the company in Nigeria. I think the NCC will reduce the fine later

I agree I exaggerated it to some extent because no particular company has actually been fined hundreds of billions but the total fines run into 100s of billions yearly.Not to talk of the billions on vehicle recalls abroad......And no problem even if it is reduced atleast the message has been passed.

Sleekyshuga:

Don't we wish for same? Ain't you tired of the backwardness in Nigeria? When things like this are overlooked, how then can we grow?
.

Of course I wish for same and even better. But it doesn't happen through ridiculous fining of a major investor fully knowing that they operate under unfriendly environment. Government as a matter of urgency MUST fix infrastructure, provide security and punish officials that demands for bribes or kick-backs from these operators before granting their legitimate request. These are some of the things countries like SA do.

TonyeBarcanista:
The news is more of speculation. MTN can't afford that kind of money. Except there will be some kind of waivers, a suspended payment or spread payment. Otherwise, the company CAN'T afford it. We also can't afford to have their license suspended.

Brother let me prove to you why they have agreed to pay the money.
1 MTN has a customer base of atleast 30Million
2 The minimum amount for calls on all network is #6 if 11k/seconds option is activated
3 so assuming a base of 30million and #6 a minute call =#180million
4 for 10minutes call =#1.8Billion
5 for 100minutes call =#18Billion
6 for 1000minutes call =#180Billion
7 Remember the actual minimum bill per minute is #6.60 instead of #6
8 Others might have subscribed to higher tarrif
9 The 1000minutes call per customer is pegged for 1year, meaning several others will exceed that estimated figure
10 The MTN customer base is more than 30million benchmark
11 This does not include bills for various data plan subscribed for by this same customers
12 Besides it has been agreed to be paid concessionally, meaning may be to be paid instalmentally for 4years
13 So customers should not be scared of any rip-off from MTN has nothing negative will come from them in the spirit of competition
14 I hope I made sense small

Sleekyshuga:

Don't we wish for same? Ain't you tired of the backwardness in Nigeria? When things like this are overlooked, how then can we grow?


The pidgin is allowed but I am not a bro ..

I am sorry sleekyshuga , I didn't notice the 'f' in front of your name when I first checked and I was so impatient and excited to react to your comment I didn't check your profile.Sorry please.

Fine good, concession necessary. At the end of the day it is a win-win situation. Had mtn been forced to comply with the fine one time, it might not have augur well for the interest of the country as a whole. Subscribers and staff of the company would have borne the brunt but with payment staggered they can now pay with relative ease.

Guy's just watch am na our money nai them wan use pay that fine. just today I no get money to make call so nai I borrow #50 from mtn when I wan make call he no reach 40 seconds I dey hear one minute remaining before I knew it my call cut and I checked my balance and it was empty just one minute for #45 haba I no go pay them o I won't recharge for the next three months hahahahhah

MTN deserves to pay . That is what happens when an organisations do not have a good Partner Relationship Management.

SLIDEwaxie:
just close ur eyes and imagine this was Jonathan's era:

NCC: like I was saying Mr. President, what Mtn did poses danger to our national security. preregistered sim can be used by kidnappers, fraudsters and...

MTN: Mr. President, talk to NCC na!

NCC: (Stands up angrily and points to MTN) don't think u can escape this! the president is on our side and...

JONA: (clears throat)..I am on the side of everybody, okay?

NCC: (surprised) including boko haram?

JONA: Including Asari and Tompolo sef. oh..yes! because I am the president of everybody so let us talk this thing amicably.

NCC: But...

JONA: but nothing. okay? First of all...

MTN: (interjects) go down low

NCC: what?

JONA: MTN, mind yourself. Now, first of all, I want you to hand me the case file of this..

NCC: but Sir...

MTN: (snatches file and gives to JONA).

NCC: What insolent!!!

JONA: listen, NCC, u don dey vex me sef. shey, na u be president abi na me? so, if MTN no snatch the thing commit for ur hand u go refuse abi?
okayyyy...(frowns) now I understand. You dnt even respect me anymore. I...

NCC: I am very...

MTN: shut up my friend! the president is talking!

JONA: go! I will call u later. go now!!!

NNC LEFT ANGRILLY.

JONA: (turns to MTN): So?

MTN: we will transfer it tomorrow morning Sir (smiling). Just as we agreed on.

JONA: I trust u. I trust u. And em...the subscribers that NCC dey shout abt now, na how many?

MTN: don't mind NCC, na just 5million o.

JONA: Jesus!!! Just 5million out of 180million Nigerians na ihn dem wan make u pay that amount?

MTN: ohoo...u sef see...

JONA: Dey go abeg. Just make sure say na alert wake me tomorrow or else..

MTN: no worry Sir. u knw us na..

JONA: I knw everybody. Oya, dey go.

MTN walks out. JONA pick ihn phone call diezani..

JONA: hello ma...hello...(shakes phone) this network sef...hello ma..oh..yea ma, it's me.....thank u...(smiles). Em...I just wan ask why I no see alert yesterday? shebi una don pay subsidy to marketers....

was this supposed to be funny??it's just too dry abeg and i wonder the kinda youths that will be liking your post..

Kbs468:


Brother let me prove to you why they have agreed to pay the money.
1 MTN has a customer base of atleast 30Million
2 The minimum amount for calls on all network is #6 if 11k/seconds option is activated
3 so assuming a base of 30million and #6 a minute call =#180million
4 for 10minutes call =#1.8Billion
5 for 100minutes call =#18Billion
6 for 1000minutes call =#180Billion
7 Remember the actual minimum bill per minute is #6.60 instead of #6
8 Others might have subscribed to higher tarrif
9 The 1000minutes call per customer is pegged for 1year, meaning several others will exceed that estimated figure
10 The MTN customer base is more than 30million benchmark
11 This does not include bills for various data plan subscribed for by this same customers
12 Besides it has been agreed to be paid concessionally, meaning may be to be paid instalmentally for 4years
13 So customers should not be scared of any rip-off from MTN has nothing negative will come from them in the spirit of competition
14 I hope I made sense small

Haha, you make sense oga but.. You didn't factor operation cost, maintainace of their facilities, wages and salaries, security, kick-backs that officials demand etc. Then we move to posting profit for shareholders and surviving in the market under a hard Nigerian environment. Boss, give MTN 10years and they won't be able to pay. We are talking of $5billion here o.

this mtn own don too much, they just collected my 50 naira without my consent yesterday. Abeg ncc help me collect am bak, just tell dem to add d #50 to d 1.04trn. I dey com com collect am?

kennykg:
Since ncc has fined mtn. I get more messages to subscribe for one thing or the other .. They need money seriously

my brother na fire by force

We Broke Your Law You Seized $15m Now you broke our own law we will be seizing #1.4tr....first to do no deh pain.

ewizard1:
Imagine after paying the 1.4trillion. Other network operators reduce their Call/Text/Data charges. Make like Half of MTN subscribers port enter the rest.
.
Then they'll realize "Sh!t just got real"

babafirst:
I am sorry sleekyshuga , I didn't notice the 'f' in front of your name when I first checked and I was so impatient and excited to react to your comment I didn't check your profile.Sorry please.

Most welcome.. Lol @ excited & impatient..

You and I will pay for it. MTN knows how to milk their users.

razid:
At least the government said they need $25billion for infrastructure. They have gotten a cool $5billion without sweating. If to say we fit get that $20billion wey Sanusi say e dey miss, the money for just complete gbam.
We no want hear any story o.

Sense scarce true true

NCC is unfair to MTN.

wachakuta:

By Emeka Aginam
While pleading for staggered payment model, MTN has finally bowed to pressure as it has accepted to pay the N1.04 trillion fine slammed on it last week by the telecoms regulatory authority, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).

Accordingly, the telecoms operator was fine for violating its directive on SIM deactivation.

This follows series of meeting held between MTN management team from South Africa and Nigeria with the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.

The telecoms operator which has largest subscriber base in Nigeria, it was gathered, may have agreed to pay the fine to sustain the interest of its telecoms business.

Industry sources who confirmed the new arrangement, disclosed that the federal government is already yielding to the plea, which according to him, was part of the agreement reached at the series of meeting held at the weekend in Nigeria.

“There have been series of meeting at the Presidency between the Vice President Osinbajo and MTN team both from South Africa and the Nigerian arm. MTN wanted a waiver considering their level of investments in the country, but government did not buy the idea of waiver. Instead, I think there will be concession, but certainly not a waiver. At the conclusion of the meeting, the MTN people negotiated on how to stagger the payment. The Presidency is even angry because MTN was a signatory to the regulation, but they are failing to comply with rules.”, the source added.

It would be recalled that NCC had said that MTN would not escape the fine, owing to the enormity of its implication to national security.

Although NCC had hinted that the issue is being handled by the federal government, the telecoms authority also noted that MTN would risk withdrawal of its licence if its fails to comply with the fine.

Even with the widespread calls for the intervention of the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), on the N1.04 trillion fine, Chief Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), had last week called on the NSA not to intervene in the matter, adding that NCC regulation must take its course.

NCC said it had consistently engaged Mobile Network Operators, (MNOs) to strictly adhere to the regulations and its business rules in the registration of their subscribers.

Following several engagements, the Commission had confirmed various cases of violations of the regulations and sanctioned appropriately.

MTN bows to pressure, agrees to pay N1.04trn fine - Vanguard News
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/mtn-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-pay-n1-04trn-fine/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

Mtn subscribers, be ready to pay up this 1 trillion back to mtn