chrixus:
MTN ! By monday you would know what's up.... For those afraid that MTN would pack their loads and leave, they can't afford it and if they do. They can't move their mast and other equipments rather, they will sell their license to another willing investors. At the long run we gain

egbonnla:
Please find out how much BP was fined for the oil spill in USA. What I expect MTN to do is to request for payment over 3 years. Do you know how much MTN makes in a day? They can pay that fine.

Rexnegro:

am sorry bro...most nigeria hate MTN like me so since they messed up we want them to pay the full fine before, but govt/ncc has been lenient so was surprise to read u said govt should be lenient again...Abi MTN dey pay u for sympathising for em?

kushe:
Even if MTN finance 15% of 2016 budget,naa who go finance 2017 own. Etisalat,GE,Unilever,BAT,Maersk,Huawei and co,watch your backs,they say there is a new sheriff in town but like the old Wild West ,intoxication was one of the problems even law enforcers faced. The Wild West is fun to watch on TV,but was a horrendous,lawless period in American history. We don't need this sort of irresponsibility from our government,but like the old westerns,the gallery (Nigerian youth) is always cheering even if they understand not the repercussions of the sheriff's actions.

rman:


BP's fine is just around 5% of t total value of the company. Mtn's fine is more than 80% of the total value of the company. Now do you understand why mtn's fine is unreasonable?

How much does mtn make in a day and what is their daily operational expenses? You will look at revenues without looking at cost of operation.

If have an idea of the annual profit of mtn and I can authoritatively tell u that if mtn remain profitable for the next three years...this fine will gulp their entire profits. So is that sensible. How do u expect them to pay salaries, keep network working, expand the network, introduce new technologies etc....common people. You all are arguing from an emotional point of view. Let's all apply logic!

kushe:
@egbonnia

And BP was fined exactly how much and for doing what? Now I query you're enlightenment but I will still try. Now take a drum of sludge like heavy equipment or machinery oil and empty it into an Olympic sized pool,after which you should try to clean up the mess. Do you know how much crude,not petrol was gushing into the Gulf of Mexico on a daily basis,about a third of Nigeria's current output .670,000 barrels of crude per day destroying the fragile ecosystem and the means of livelihood of the people of the area.Have you seen an oil spill before,you think it is bread and AKara to clean a terrestrial spill of 1 acre talk less of thousands of square milesof violent ocean.
I can't shout,it is new year.

Acidosis:
Where is that pathetic boko haram Minister?

Today is 1st Jan., 2016 and many Nigerians including YOU Sir, made sound calls to their love ones. Nigeria did not burn, MTN has not closed shop.

MTN will not pay that fine to augment your inabilities to fund common budget. Go and work for your money; no FREE food for a non-innovative government.

If you've got no further ideas, distribute cutlasses and hoe to almajiris, especially the sai baba crew and let everybody go and FARM.

Refusal to reduce that fine to a barest minimum is an evidence of LONG THROAT. We must kill the entitlement and omo-onile crazy mentalities, lest we destroy the youths in the country.

ichommy:
yinmu @ MTN Una dey smoke bah

egbonnla:
Please find out how much BP was fined for the oil spill in USA. What I expect MTN to do is to request for payment over 3 years. Do you know how much MTN makes in a day? They can pay that fine.

chrixus:
MTN ! By monday you would know what's up.... For those afraid that MTN would pack their loads and leave, they can't afford it and if they do. They can't move their mast and other equipments rather, they will sell their license to another willing investors. At the long run we gain

magicminister:


Do you know the message that would send to other investors?
Nigerian government should temper justice with mercy.
Mtn has employed thousands of people and made millions of people better off.
When vodafone, econet and the rest ran away from Nigeria, the balled up and dug their hands into tye murky waters.

viktuur:
Bros,
MTN doesnt own a single mast in Nigeria nor Engineers that manage them, All mast has been sold to IHS, all maintenance to other they only provide services now

Elxandre:

Speak for yourself bro.
Why should I hate MTN when they are the best and most consistent network in Nigeria?
The Glo sub I'm using right now is so frustrating, that I'm wondering when they'll be fined too.
MTN Edge/2G is faster than Glo's 3G, and you're telling me MTN is evil.
Airtel charges double rates for data, and we don't hate them yet.

I'm still wondering how these same networks that are horrible with their few subscribers will absorb even more customers should MTN close down.

Rexnegro:

bro ur experiences ur testimonies...u give kudos to MTN based on ur experience which am sure u re among the few who enjoyed/experience it...am sure most nigerians have been dealt with by MTN one way or the other.....what if I tell u that MTN here in my area isn't fast, that am using Glo? how can I use a network that can't show subscribers their remaining allocated data? out of the four telecoms MTN is the only one still telling users their data is within fair usage #whatRubbish...so bro calm down as for me my experience is diff from urs and am just too OK with Glo over MTN here cos i ve tried And use MTN too and my verdict fell on Glo based on my experience. Do u no how many times MTN has deducted airtime without refunding it? even when u complain? if not that my MTN has gone far And wide because it's my first sim, I for done drop am teytey

rman:


So all the money they make should be used to pay fine?

You fail to see my analogy. Yes, mtn makes more money than banks but if banks can go under because of just 25billion, where will mtn 700billion come from?

Or u think they have 700billion stashed somewhere?