Ehmmm...I think they played us yet again! They pulled a wool on our eyes. The FGN never directed anyone to increase data tariff! The guys in the senate are in cahoots with telecom companies unfortunately we all have picked daggers and rushed to PMB and guess who the good guys are now? THE BLOODY FRIGGING SENATORS WHO WERE LOBBIED IN THE FIRST PLACE!! You guys need read this, I got this from someone who's firm is a big player in the telecom business. He doesn't want his name mentioned cos he would be called a whistleblower:

"Just to clarify something because I see the craze online. The FG is not increasing taxation on data. The Telcos are making a killing on OTT Channels because no one is monitoring them. OTT is over the top, these are channels like whatsapp, viber, skype etc. These Telcos are also making a killing on USSD services, that is services like GTBs *737# or UBA *919#. Registering a USSD was increased from 600k to 2.5mil by this telcos. They still do a market share on short codes and USSD, that is if you are running a gambling outfit like Baba ijebu. Where you dial a code to bet a sum and the sum is taken from your credit. The Telcos are taking 70% of that sum taken from the credit leaving the owner of the business i.e Baba ijebu with only 30%. All these are the Telcos reaping everyone off! The FG has decided to regulate this free money they are eating on OTT and tax them and rather they pay the tax, they are shifting it to the end user by a data tariff hike. So if the people want to tackle anyone it is the Telcos not the FG. The Telcos know Nigerians are gullible so they want to hike tariff so you fight government and force government to leave them alone! So they are using the people against the FG to avoid paying these taxes and making free money, so in essence they are using the people to fight themselves only they just don't know it! Do not forget that some senators have their hands in the telco pie!"

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