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Buhari to Zuma: “MTN Nigeria Helped Boko Haram Kill More People”
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said South African mobile phone operator MTN Nigeria fuelled the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria by failing to disconnect millions of unregistered users.
The affair cast a shadow over the build-up to the visit of South African President Jacob Zuma and was expected to have been high on the agenda when he met Buhari for talks in the capital, Abuja.
In his first comments on the issue, Buhari told a joint news conference: “The concern of the federal government was basically on the security, not the fine imposed on the MTN.
“You know how the unregistered GSM are being used by terrorists… That was why (the) NCC (Nigerian Communications Commission) asked the MTN, Glo and the rest of them to register GSM.
“Unfortunately MTN was very slow and contributed to the casualties. And that was why the NCC looked at its regulations and imposed that fine on them.”
Bodex F. Hungbo, SPMIIM is a multiple award-winning Nigerian Digital Media Practitioner, Digital Strategist, PR consultant, Brand and Event Expert, Tv Presenter, Tier-A Blogger/Influencer, and a top cobbler in Nigeria.
She has widespread experiences across different professions and skills, which includes experiences in; Marketing, Media, Broadcasting, Brand and Event Management, Administration and Management with prior stints at MTN, NAPIMS-NNPC, GLOBAL FLEET OIL AND GAS, LTV, Silverbird and a host of others
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