FG, NLC sign MoU over 50% telecom tariff hike

Parts of the resolution include setting up a joint committee with five representatives each from the government and the NLC.

News Agency of Nigeria • February 4, 2025

Tinubu and Ajaero

The federal government and the Nigeria Labour Congress have signed a memorandum of understanding over the proposed 50 per cent hike in the telecommunications tariff.

This was stated in an MoU signed on Monday at a meeting convened by the federal government and the NLC over the proposed hike in telecom tariff.

The MoU was signed by George Akume, secretary to the government of the federation; Muhammadu Dingyadi, Minister of Labour and Employment; Joe Ajaero, president of the NLC; and Emmanuel Ugboaja, general secretary of the NLC.

The NLC had opposed the proposed hike and had called for a one-day nationwide mass protest on February 4.

According to the MoU, resolutions were reached for the parties to sit together in a technical group to resolve most of the thorny areas raised during the discussion.

Parts of the resolution include setting up a joint committee with five representatives each from the government and the NLC.

The committee is expected to conclude and submit its deliberations within two weeks.

The parties urged Nigerians to remain calm while the committee concluded its assignment.

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