According to various media reports, the management of MTN Nigeria has stated that it will not pay the N780 billion fine imposed on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The Company made this known in a released to the public at about 8pm on New Year’s Eve, hours away from the deadline issued by the NCC for the payment of the fine, according to a Punch report.

Mr. Funso Aina, public relations and protocol manager at MTN Nigeria, stated that when a case was in court, there is a limit to comments that could be made on the matter, in his response to a media enquiry sent by a Punch correspondent.

“Suffice it to say that based on the lis pendens rule (pending legal action), all parties are enjoined to restrain from taking further action until the matter is finally determined. This is consistent with previous judicial decisions in Nigeria,” Aina said.

“We would continue to engage with the Nigerian authorities to try and ensure an amicable resolution in the best interest of the company, its stakeholders and the Nigerian authorities,” Aina added. According to Nigerian CommunicationsWeek, a source at the NCC said, “MTN did not pay the fine before close of work today (yesterday) and so the Commission will take a fresh decision on the issue Monday.”

However, Mr. Victor Oluwadamilare, spokesman for the Minister of Communications, insists that MTN will have to pay the fine, according to the Nigeria CommunicationsWeek report. “MTN has the right to seek the court’s interpretation if it feels unsatisfied with the action of the regulator but nothing would stop the government action on the fine,” He said. MTN was fined by the NCC for failing to disconnect about 5.1 million unregistered SIMs on its network despite repeated warnings by the NCC.

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They must pay it o, or they pay back everybody they stole from!
useless network

Thank God i read the topic first.

NCC sef are just too stoopid for my like...

Why will they always romance those MTN gan?

APC can't do anything

If you touch MTN, get ready to see sack workers decamp to PDP

What...NCC should douoble the fine!

i have an idea ncc should tell them to pay 5k into the account of any nigerian that has been using mtn sim for atleast 3 years not bonus credit ooo real money wey you go fit transfer

MTN has not REFUSED to pay the fine.

They are pleading their case before the courts.

Lol. If na one SMEs refuse to pay at deadline date they (FG) would have locked the place up with chain and padlock ooo. Toothless mofos.

Ha!ha!ha!


The case is in court and pmb's government of impunity thinks that this like dasuki's, shiite's and kanu's issue.


If pmb has balls, let him send the DSS and the military to close down mtn.

This government of impunity is a joke.

Pmb can do nothing to empty hen (mtn).


This is an insult to the government and the people of Nigeria.

ckmayoca:
Lol. If na one SMEs refuse to pay at deadline date they (FG) would have locked the place up with chain and padlock ooo. Toothless mofos.

Do not mind them. They will go to gas stations and compel marketers that bought PMS at N130 per lit to sell at N87 per lit, but shy away from confronting empty hen (mtn).

Reptyle:
MTN has not REFUSED to pay the fine.

They are pleading their case before the courts.

You are talking about the courts?



I thought that pm is a superman that has no regard for the courts.

Is this mtn's case not a case of corruption?


Is the money involved not more than that of dasuki?

Why is he afraid of taking on mtn as he is doing with dasuki?

jusRadical:




You are talking about the courts?



I thought that pm is a superman that has no regard for the courts.

Is this mtn's case not a case of corruption?


Is the money involved not more than that of dasuki?

Why is he afraid of taking on mtn as he is doing with dasuki?

Errrr....how does the MTN case equate to corruption

MTN was accused of breaching an agreement and penalised by the regulator accordingly.

MTN found the fine unacceptable and approached the courts to ask for a reversal of the penalty.

How does that in anyway equate to corruption?

Perhaps you.need to read up some more on what corruption is.

wot kind of stupidd fine.MTN we d citizens of Nigeria re solidly behind u.Dnt pay any fine.Buhari can go and jump into d lagoon for all I care.fooolishcertificateless president

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Reptyle:


Errrr....how does the MTN case equate to corruption

MTN was accused of breaching an agreement and penalised by the regulator accordingly.

MTN found the fine unacceptable and approached the courts to ask for a reversal of the penalty.

How does that in anyway equate to corruption?

Perhaps you.need to read up some more on what corruption is.

So what is the crime of a filling station that buys PMS at N130 per lit to sale at N135 - N140 per lit but your pmb uses the lwa enforcement agents to force them to sell at N87 thereby incurring a loss if N43 per lit.




So it OK to disobey the government directive?

Did mtn fail a any law?

Why did NCC reduce the fine in the first place?

If this report is true then MTN should be made to pay the actual fine and must be sanctioned for refusing to respect the law of our land !!!

The fine is ridiculously high, it is better NCC reviews this and dispense a more attainable figure.

otokx:
Why did NCC reduce the fine in the first place?

Because they know it was too heavy. Even the Federal Government is finding it hard to source revenue, how so a company to bring in so much as fine and then many will say we need money to finance the budget.