MTN N50bn fine: Senate accuses Malami of having ulterior motive ABUJA—
THE Senate has accused the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami,of having ulterior motive in the payment of N50 billion by MTN, as part of fine imposed on it by the Federal Government for failure to deactivate 5.2 million unregistered subscribers on its network. Abubakar Malami (SAN) . Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan Abubakar Malami (SAN) The red chamber queried the intentions of the Attorney-General in unilaterally opening a special new account with a name that had no correlations with the issue at hand and then ordering MTN to credit same, despite the existence of Treasury Single Account, TSA. To this end, the Senate, through its Committee on Communications, has vowed to launch immediate probe into the matter, with a view to unraveling all those behind the act and their intentions. Speaking,yesterday, in Abuja, the committee’s chairman, Senator Gilbert Nnaji, said the red chamber had resolved to unmask those behind the payment of N50 billion by the Mobile Telecommunication Network,MTN. Nnaji said the Senate was interested in knowing why MTN was directed to pay the money into a recovery account instead of routing it through the regulatory agency, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC.
ABUJA—THE Senate has
accused the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation,
Abubakar Malami,of having ulterior motive in the payment of N50 billion
by MTN, as part of fine imposed on it by the Federal Government for
failure to deactivate 5.2 million unregistered subscribers on its
network.
Abubakar Malami (SAN) . Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan
Abubakar Malami (SAN)
The red chamber queried the intentions of the Attorney-General in
unilaterally opening a special new account with a name that had no
correlations with the issue at hand and then ordering MTN to credit
same, despite the existence of Treasury Single Account, TSA.
To this end, the Senate, through its Committee on Communications, has
vowed to launch immediate probe into the matter, with a view to
unraveling all those behind the act and their intentions.
Speaking,yesterday, in Abuja, the committee’s chairman, Senator Gilbert
Nnaji, said the red chamber had resolved to unmask those behind the
payment of N50 billion by the Mobile Telecommunication Network,MTN.
Nnaji said the Senate was interested in knowing why MTN was directed to
pay the money into a recovery account instead of routing it through the
regulatory agency, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/mtn-n50bn-fine-senate-accuses-malami-of-having-ulterior-motive/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/mtn-n50bn-fine-senate-accuses-malami-of-having-ulterior-motive/
ABUJA—THE Senate has
accused the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation,
Abubakar Malami,of having ulterior motive in the payment of N50 billion
by MTN, as part of fine imposed on it by the Federal Government for
failure to deactivate 5.2 million unregistered subscribers on its
network.
Abubakar Malami (SAN) . Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan
Abubakar Malami (SAN)
The red chamber queried the intentions of the Attorney-General in
unilaterally opening a special new account with a name that had no
correlations with the issue at hand and then ordering MTN to credit
same, despite the existence of Treasury Single Account, TSA.
To this end, the Senate, through its Committee on Communications, has
vowed to launch immediate probe into the matter, with a view to
unraveling all those behind the act and their intentions.
Speaking,yesterday, in Abuja, the committee’s chairman, Senator Gilbert
Nnaji, said the red chamber had resolved to unmask those behind the
payment of N50 billion by the Mobile Telecommunication Network,MTN.
Nnaji said the Senate was interested in knowing why MTN was directed to
pay the money into a recovery account instead of routing it through the
regulatory agency, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/mtn-n50bn-fine-senate-accuses-malami-of-having-ulterior-motive/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/mtn-n50bn-fine-senate-accuses-malami-of-having-ulterior-motive/