₦airaland Forum

Imanuelle:
How did you know they were dispersing?

Imanuelle:
Are you there? Where exactly?

Japhtee:
Naah! From what am seeing right now, they are realy gathering momentum. The security guys are shooting up but this guy's are taking their gun to be toys. Am not a pro biafra but I think FG should consider releasing Nnamdi. And I wont fail to tell you how silly your statement about the flow of blood sounds. No offence please!

Trut:
The zoo security forces can't do anything.

jordyspices:
Were in port harcourt is dis op

mikeapollo:
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I am not against what Senator Bruce said, in principle.
I am only contrasting/comparing what the South African Deputy President said against the mentality and attitude of Nigerian officials and Nigerians in general when Nigerians/Nigerian companies face similar sanctions in other countries e.g. in Ghana, Malaysia etc.
We must first charge our people to respect the host nation's laws FIRST, then other considerations or negotiations can follow.

Ok, stop being vague. Give me specific examples to substantiate ur claim.

Personally, I refused to accept that MTN should pay as much as N1.42trillion as FINE.

Did MTN agreed to the fine before they chose to flout it? If they signed for it then, why now shying away from taking responsibility?

If I were the CEO of MTN South Africa, I would rather negotiate for a reduced fine or pull out of Nigeria.

And Nigeria has the prerogative not to agree with u. Ooo I see, pull out from a business unit that supplies 1/3 of ur worldwide income. Believe u me, ur shareholders will eat u raw. Already, they Av applied and granted extension of their operating license.

That amount is too much for a single company to pay.

For many companies, it is but for MTN, it's not.

I am sure Nigerian would not want MTN to pull out.

If that is so, Nigeria wouldn't have speedily approved an extension of their operating license within 2 weeks when MTN applied. Ur allegation has no basis.

The lesson I want people to draw from the SA Deputy President's comment is: Respect your host country's laws if you do not want to fall into trouble, and we Nigerians must learn that

I agree. In addition, if u chose to flout any of the laws, be ready to face the music when applied.

mikeapollo:
I hope you will say the same thing when Nigerian companies come under similar sanctions in other countries.

Yes I will. I don't expect Nigeria companies to go outside and start disobeying their rules and regulations. MTN signed and agreed to this so it's right for them to face the music. They are not even claiming ignorance. Wise up please.

What the South African Deputy President said is the right thing for reasonable people.

The deputy President is simply saying........MTN, u signed for the approx $1000 per SIM penalty. U Av flouted the law,now pay up. Simple.

But here in Nigeria, we think other countries owe us any special duty so they must not sanction Nigerians/Nigerian businesses when they run foul of the laws of the country.

I don't know about these Nigerians u are reffering to but what I know is am surely not among those.
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That is when we start talking about discrimination, hatred, jealousy and other silly excuses[/s]

Face topic.

LastSurvivor:
An agreement is an agreement but all we are asking the judge is to temper justice with mercy thou Mtn doesn't deserve any.

Just that ripple effects will be on the masses because after paying the huge fine they will like to cut production n delivery costs by sacking some staffs and increasing workload for the remaining..

Orikinla:
MTN asked for 20% discount.

eyinjuege:
It's 62 million subscribers, and $5.2 billion penalty fee @ $1005 dollar per unregistered person.

QuotaSystem:
Calm down, I doubt if you understood my comment.

Am sorry. Apologies!!!!!! Av corrected my error..........

rhymz:
some of you just comment without the aids of common sense, the senator was right, the fine is way too much unless the aim is not to deter others from flouting the laws, possibly a revenge or something petty. Before some of you run off to post like little angry children, you should also consider the effect such a fine will have not just on foreign investment but also on the Nigerians who make up more than 90% of their workforce, unless you do not care if they lost their job as a result of this preposterous fine.

Nobody is saying the NCC should not fine them for violation but they must do so with some degree of fairness and moderation, you don't throw the baby and the bathwater away just because you want to have a clean bath.... Think before you comment and mislead others.

DrownedFish:
your stupidity here amazes me.

QuotaSystem:
I was just scrolling in awe of their hypocrisy/ignorance.

Nothing to add here, but that invective was unnecessary.

Emekamex:
Do you honestly think Kowa or any other party can pose a serious opposition? Mind you, it might seem as a good news to APC fans because Buhari is still there; it will finally hit you guys hard when an evil person in the caliber of Abacha hijacks your party, becomes president thereby returning dictatorship back to Nigeria.

Emekamex:
PDP should get their acts together; we need a strong opposition to keep this APC government in check.

hinwazaka:
If true, the APC has started a very dangerous game that will end in terror and mayhem. May God save us

Shosholoza:
Now I c the $5.2 billion is very important to u, but u r not solving anything. This is not a football game where u want 2 c your team scoring.