The Minister of Communications,
Barrister Adebayo Shittu, has said
he did not strike any secret deal
with MTN Nigeria over the
payment of N780billion fine
imposed on the telecom operator
for regulatory infraction.
Barrister Adebayo also cleared
the air over the controversy
trailing the role of his ministry in
the out-of-court settlement by
MTN Nigeria, and its payment of
N50 billion to the Federal
Government.
A statement Wednesday by the minister’s Special Assistant on
Media, Victor Oluwadamilare, said it is untrue that Nigerian
Government side-lined its own regulator, the Nigerian
Communications Commission (NCC) by striking a secret deal
with MTN.
“Contrary to the innuendoes based on jaundiced reasoning,
there was no negotiation of any kind by the Communications
Minister and the MTN over the fine regime imposed on it by the
NCC. Rather, the whole theatrics of going to Court, ostensibly to
buy time and escape the December 31, 2015 deadline, wanting
an out-of-court settlement and the eventual payment of N50
billion as down payment were all decisions freely taken by the
MTN without any prompting from Barrister Adebayo Shittu”, he
said in the statement.
He also said no money was paid to the coffers of the ministry as
being insinuated, as this is not the practice since the ministry
does not collect money on behalf of any of its agencies.

www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/it-world/n780bn-fine-minister-denies-secret-deal-with-mtn/136211.html

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