Tasks NCC to enforce guidelines
The Senate, on Thursday, said they would commence investigation into Global System for Mobile Telecommunication (GSM) services providers in the country regarding the recent poor service delivery.
The Senate also directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to enforce the policy of co-habitation of mast of the operators.
The upper house urged its committee on communications to make sure a thorough investigation is carried out in order for subscribers to enjoy good service delivery for their money.
The motion was moved by Senator Gbenga Ashafa and 43 others because subscribers had been lamenting the poor services being provided by the telecom operators.
The lawmakers said customers decried inter-connectivity arising from congestion and poor quality network, inaudible calls, as well as dropped calls.
“Operators are still flooding the market with all kinds of promotions of all kinds and the burgeoning clientele of the GSM revolution have not been matched with equal re-investment by the service providers,” Ashafa said.
Senator Smart Adeyemi noted that something had to be done to check the unrestrained behaviour of the operators towards poverty reduction in the country.
He said service providers also created health hazards to Nigerians, due to radiation from masts located at residential areas, while Senator Ibrahim Gobir said because of the operators’ failure to ensure quality service to subscribers lots of information had been lost during communication.
The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, however urged the regulatory agencies to intensify the enforcement of guidelines in the sector.
