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NIGERIANS ARE TIRED OF BEING EXPLOITED BY
DSTV
In the past few years, DSTV has constantly been
in
the news with one legal battle after another from
aggrieved subscribers, who are dissatisfied with
the
programming services and unreasonable
subscription hikes across their various bouquet.
Below are the statements of aggrieved
Nigerians.
Uberseun Akinfolarin, an aggrieved DSTV
subscriber
who started an online petition against DSTV’s
exploitation said, “It's time to end the
exploitation of
Nigerians by DSTV. Nigerians deserve respect
from
DSTV and we will get it.”
Other concerned Nigerians followed suit in the
demand to stop DSTV’s arbitrary price hikes,
noting
that recent increase in DSTV subscription is
outrageous and totally unacceptable.
Chiebuka Obumselu, another aggrieved
subscriber
said, “I'm signing this petition because I think
Multichoice is exploiting the Nigerian citizenry
and
also because I think we should be offered a pay-
as-
you-go service. I also believe there should be a
standard set of about 25 channels and then an
opportunity to choose other channels for the
lower
bouquets.”
Another disgruntled customer had this to say
about
DSTV’S disrespect for consumers. “What I
however
can’t understand is why I need to listen into an
ad
that lasts up to 40seconds whenever I put a call
through to customer service. Once you put the
call
through, a male voice responds on the other line
informing you of the several online platforms
where
your subscriptions can be paid. This surely is a
free
ad at the expense of the caller (customer).”
Olamide Shadeko, a banker says, “DSTV in
Nigeria is
a luxury product, I have had the opportunity to
live in
South Africa, DSTV is not as expensive over
there as
compared to what it is in Nigeria. You may recall
that
the decoder itself is not the source of income
but the
monthly subscription. I understand that the cost
of
doing business in Nigeria is very high but DSTV
is not
investing extra in satellite television in receiving
countries like Nigeria, so my question is why
can’t a
common man afford it?”
Gboyega Falode, a corper, said, “DSTV is hardly
found
in homes of common masses. Take for example,
the
cheapest package they offer is the DSTV
Access,
which is between 1,500 and 1,800, trust me, 70
percent of the channels are not worth watching.
To
enjoy DSTV you need to go for at least the
Compact
package which cost over 9,000 and that’s an
impossible amount to pay at the end of every
month
for an average Nigerian who earns a minimum
wage.”
Following the high number of complaints, the
Consumer Protection Council, CPC, has
commenced
investigation into the operations of the Digital
Satellite Television, DSTV, operated by
Multichoice
Nigeria Limited, over alleged consumer rights
violations, in line with its mandate to provide
redress
for consumer abuse.
According to the notice of investigation, CPC
said
“These complaints in effect allege that the DSTV
service does not conform with international best
practice and is specifically designed to exploit
Nigerian consumers who have suffered loss by
not
being able to fully enjoy or receive the benefit or
actualize the full purpose for which they
purchased
or subscribed to the service.”
The council pointed out that the consumer
complaints against DSTV include “poor quality of
service such as incessant disruption of service
without compensation while subscription is
current,
wrongful abrupt disconnection of service during
subsisting subscriptions, monthly subscriptions
lasting less than 30 days and poor redress
mechanism and customer services.
Advertisements on customer care lines at the
expense of consumers, poor implementation of
decoder swap policy and effecting price increase
for
subscriptions despite payment before due date of
increase.”
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