Reps Summon Telcos over Poor Services, Give Seven Days Ultimatum
The lawmakers want the telecom chiefs to explain service failures that have disrupted businesses and financial transactions nationwide.
- Major telecommunications operators, including MTN Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria, Glo, and Mafab Communications Ltd, were summoned by The House Hoc Committee to appear before lawmakers to address widespread network service deterioration across Nigeria.
- Motions sponsored by Sunday Umeha and Afam Ogene prompted the committee to address how persistent disruptions impact critical financial transactions, Point of Sale operations, and business activities nationwide.
- Calling persistent service disruptions "a matter of serious national concern," Chairman Olumide Osoba warned that CEOs must appear personally to explain the service decline affecting millions of subscribers.
- The committee directed the Nigerian Communications Commission to ensure compliance, ordering operators to submit relevant documentation and appear at Hearing Room 447 of the New Building of the National Assembly Complex, Abuja.
- Ibe Osonwa criticized operators for previously sending junior staff, warning that companies generating substantial revenue from Nigerians must be held accountable for poor quality services or face potential arrest summons.
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Reps summon telcos over poor services, give seven days ultimatum
The House of Representatives has given major telecommunications operators seven days to appear before it over poor network services across the country. The House Ad Hoc Committee investigating the quality of telecommunications services issued the ultimatum on Wednesday at a public hearing in Abuja. The committee, chaired by Olumide Osoba, APC, Ogun, said the chief […] Reps summon telcos over poor services, give seven days ultimatum
Poor Network: Reps give MTN, Airtel, Glo, Mafab seven days
By Gift Chapi Odekina, Abuja The House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee investigating the persistent poor quality of telecommunications services in Nigeria has given the chief executive officers of MTN, Airtel, Globacom, Mafab Communications and other operators seven days to appear before it. The committee directed the telecom executives to appear on October 28, 2026, […]
Poor Network: Reps Summon MTN, Glo, Airtel, Others Over Service Failures
The House of Representatives has directed the chief executives of major telecommunications companies operating in Nigeria to appear before a parliamentary committee over persistent complaints about poor network services. The lawmakers gave the operators until October 28, 2026, to explain the declining quality of telecommunications services and provide documents relevant to an ongoing investigation. The […] The post Poor Network: Reps Summon MTN,…
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