Pay-Tv Tariffs: 'Dare Nigeria At Your Peril' – Senate President Warns Multichoice
Lawan's warning to Multichoice was at the backdrop of complaints lodged at the upper legislative Chamber, leading to resolutions that there should be no price hike and that it should as well revert to pay-per tv service.
Joy Kalu 
Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, warned Multichoice Nigeria not to dare Nigeria by going ahead to hike the tariffs of its products while the matter is yet being investigated.
The Senate President said no foreign country under any guise should take Nigeria for granted.
His stern warning was at the backdrop of complaints lodged at the upper legislative Chamber, leading to resolutions that there should be no price hike and that it should as well revert to pay-per tv service.
Inaugurating a seven-member Adhoc Committee of the Senate headed by the Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, Lawan said the Committee will be set up on Wednesday, 30th April 2022, should investigate tariff hike by the Multichoice pay-TV service provider, DStv.
He said Nigeria had places for foreign investment but wasn’t an invitation to breach its laws, insisting that there were enough laws to punish erring foreign companies.
He maintained that Consumers would be protected at all costs, while he urged Multichoice to stay in action on increase in tariff until after the outcome of the Senate investigation com committee, adding that the setting up of the Committee aligned rules: “Meanwhile, stay active. No increase. And that is to say don’t dare our country. No increase in tariffs,” the Senate President warned.
"When the legitimate interests of our people are threatened, we are supposed to ensure that we protect them.
“It has been the practice of many companies, especially foreign companies operating in Nigeria to treat the Nigerian consumers of their products in a different way and manner that is not consistent with global best practices."
