Toscad News ***Constitutes seven-man Adhoc Committee ***Directs Service Providers to review prices downwards
The Senate has expressed worry over the inability of the owners of DSTV and GOtv Satellite decoders to introduce Pay-Per-View for subscribers in Nigeria, especially with the pricing activities of DStv (MultiChoice Nigeria) in Nigeria with a view to bringing them with international practice.
The Senate also commenced moves to probe the operations of Multi-Choice Nigeria, owners of DSTV and GOTV Satellite decoders over alleged arbitrary price hikes of monthly subscriptions of various bouquets on their platforms.
The Senate also constituted a seven-man ad-hoc committee to carry out a comprehensive investigation into the tariff hike introduced by pay-tv service providers operating in the country.
The Upper Chamber has directed all pay-tv service providers to as a matter of urgency, review their bouquet prices downwards in tandem with the prevailing reality of the economic situation in Nigeria, just as it kicked against the increase in tariffs by Multi-Choice Nigeria. The Senate has urged the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, and the Nigerian Communications Commission to direct all pay-tv providers to introduce a pay-per-view model of subscription as against the month to month prepaid model presently in place; and
The President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, while announcing the composition of the ad-hoc committee with one month to report back to the plenary, tasked it to carry out a comprehensive investigation into how other countries are billed by pay-tv service providers. The Committee which had the Deputy Chief Whip, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, APC, Niger North as Chairman, has Senators Sulaiman Abdu Kwari, APC, Kaduna North; Oluremi Tinubu, APC, Lagos Central; Yusuf A. Yusuf, APC, Taraba Central; Lekan Mustapha, APC, Ogun East; Chukwuka Utazi, PDP, Enugu North and Akon Eyakenyi, PDP, Akwa Ibom South as members.
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