The Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, yesterday lamented that multiple taxation and regulation, constraints in securing approval for right of way (RoW) and others were taking tolls on the quality of telecoms services across the country.
Speaking when he visited Governor Ibikunle Amosun at Oke Mosan Governor’s Office in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, he said cases of multiple taxation constitute threat to the operations and survival of the industry, appealing to Amosun to prevail on his colleague in Nigerian Governors’ Forum to lessen the crippling burden of multiple taxation on them.
He said: “We have our worries about the continuous growth of the sector; there have been recurring cases of multiple taxation which threatens the operators and by extension telecoms services.
“Various tiers of government, including local councils and state government agencies have created enormous challenges to the sector and some of the agencies often threaten to shut down base transceivers stations (BTS) over alleged refusal of the telecoms’ companies to comply with a tax regime which the operators see as grossly excessive.”
Speaking when he visited Governor Ibikunle Amosun at Oke Mosan Governor’s Office in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, he said cases of multiple taxation constitute threat to the operations and survival of the industry, appealing to Amosun to prevail on his colleague in Nigerian Governors’ Forum to lessen the crippling burden of multiple taxation on them.
He said: “We have our worries about the continuous growth of the sector; there have been recurring cases of multiple taxation which threatens the operators and by extension telecoms services.
“Various tiers of government, including local councils and state government agencies have created enormous challenges to the sector and some of the agencies often threaten to shut down base transceivers stations (BTS) over alleged refusal of the telecoms’ companies to comply with a tax regime which the operators see as grossly excessive.”
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