Why government MUST ban MTN over
extreme exploitation
By Adoyi Ali on September 16, 2013
I have not had network on my blackberry for the past 4
days, and I'm contemplating smashing my MTN SIM into
pieces. If that happens, I will never regard anybody who
uses MTN as a serious person. Nigerians 'no dey chop'
apologies, hence we do not need more from some alien
exploiters. Some people say they are South-Africans, and I
doubt their assertion. I doubt because it's not normal for a
citizen to be exploited by a foreigner in his own country,
unless if they are backed by some selfish dudes back here or
they are some neo-colonialists.
I had thought that the exploitation of MTN, as a network
provider in Nigeria had become history with the daunting
competition that confronts it due to the emergence of other
network providers. I remember vividly few years ago when
an MTN SIM could go for more than forty thousand naira
in this very country. Nigerians were then made to believe
that the cost of production and importation of MTN SIM
was responsible for its high cost; but the moment other
network providers stormed the country, importation and
production cost became minor issues. At least, they could
forego such huge exploitation of the masses, because it was
going to force them out of the market.
Nigeria is considered to be one of the biggest markets for
MTN in sub-Sahara Africa, and had no doubt suffered
extreme exploitation in the hands of the Mobile Tele-
communication network as it rightly calls itself. No single
soul, even a child of yesterday is oblivious of this crime
against Nigerians, yet our consumptions rights remain
unprotected by the concerned protection agencies. Even
though the exploitation of MTN has gotten to our throats,
we all grumble and scuffle with the network; we simply
can't write an open petition to the government concerning
this unfortunate network that has ripped-off our economy,
after all, the government's hands are tied regarding taking
action due to some individual's interest.
Despite the poor network, the extra charges based on some
deceptive caller tunes, compelling subscription to news,
fake promos on ''call more to get extra recharges'' that
never come, blackberry network that remains droopy, fake
data bundles that finish before insertion of SIM to Data-
stick, vanishing of credits, wrong information on network
connection leading to serious domestic squabbles and a host
of other maddening and high standard frauds, we have
continued to patronize MTN and its continuous
manipulative tendency. We can't even talk about millions
who have lost their monies to MTN after having purchased
recharged cards that were never loaded. In such mischievous
circumstance, the customer care lines are only useful to
them via their automated advert response. You have to wait
endlessly for the next available agents that will never attend
to you. Rubbish- impudence!
Are we so naive that we can't see this extreme exploitation?
Tell me now if you have had network on your blackberry
for the past five or four days? I know that almost everybody
around me is going through the same experience and I have
no doubt that by the end of this week of no BB network,
they will apologize to all MTN BB subscribers without
compensation. They have done it several times. MTN, is
that why you are here?
What is the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)
as well as the Consumer Protection Commission (CPC)
doing to cut down the excesses of MTN and other networks
with the same exploitative tendencies? NCC had at a point
stopped all forms of promos that lure customers into loses,
but it only lasted for few weeks. We are back to another
phase of deception and manipulation. Read your messages, I
mean those exasperating messages, asking you to subscribe
to 'this' to get 'that', and because of our mentality, we all
ask no further questions but to subscribe, only to cry foul at
last. How will they explain why an individual who managed
to purchase 200 naira recharge card, is later left with
nothing to use even when he or she had not called a single
person? Who took the loaded credit? MTN needs to explain
this.
It's only in Nigeria that a mobile network provider like
MTN can boldly dupe a customer and defend their act via
one lousy voice at the customer service unit with some
incoherent and illogical reasons; obviously, brothers have
been trained to dupe their own brothers. A caller tune that is
to be paid for once in a month is mostly paid for five times
in a month. Haven't you experienced same? You sit there
doing nothing. What is even the use subscribing to a data
bundle and BIS you can't use for even a week?
My demand as well as the rest of other MTN users is simple
and straight. If the government can no longer regulate the
activities of the mobile company, they should send them
away, as their presence in a liberal economy like ours, will
continue to rip-off the ordinary man who has no knowledge
about the gimmicks of the mobile company.
Granted, MTN must make profits, but there should be a
clear distinction between profit and exploitation. As I write
this piece, some group of young Nigerians are blaming our
so called artistes who keep blowing selfish trumpets for this
exploiter. Wizkid, Iyanya, KC Presh and a host of other
sycophantic artistes should note this. You are showering
accolades on a company that is exploiting your people
because you have been paid some meagre sum. Do you
know how much the exploiter is supposed to pay you for
giving them the same voice the ordinary Nigerian has
brought out of you? They made you, so the need for you to
align with them. There are certain things we don't do,
because we value our fans. Your fans all over the country
are crying over exploitation you and I are supposed to fight,
yet you are kneeling and worshipping MTN. How much is
that? Nigerian youth have sworn to make you all sink with
MTN in this campaign. This is a clarion call to all Nigerian
youth to sign against MTN and its exploitation. Sign against
any artist who endorses MTN. Why endorsing what is not
good? Your endorsement is highly deceptive. Enough is
enough.
Ambassador Egwu of the Eden Integrated had told me that
the only option is for all youth to sign below this article as
we all share the same views. In this case, we are all asked to
join in distributing this article until it gets to MTN, and
relevant authorities. This article is written on behalf of
other million MTN users who are grumbling in pain. They
are now been subjected to oppression in their country by
some foreign dudes. What the heck is that??? If you agree
with me, sign your name under this article and continue
sharing. If one million of us sign this article in unison, the
government will understand where we currently stand. We
must remain fearless, and ask questions as this is our OWN
country. We must not be carried away by some internal
political wrangling while we face some dwindling economy
created by some imperialists. These are some comprador
bourgeois ready to kill for money and the earlier we
stopped their mission the better for us. Enough is enough.
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