By Emma Okonji
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Garba Danabtta has said the commission will not interfere with government’s decision on MTN, concerning the recent directive of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF).
While the CBN has directed MTN to refund $8.134 billion it repatriated from Nigeria between 2007 and 2015, the AGF has directed the same MTN to pay its tax areas to the tune of $2 billion within the same period.
Danbatta told THISDAY in Durban, South Africa, during the just concluded ITU Telecoms World 2018 conference that the CBN remained an autonomous body of government and would not interfere in its decision that is guided by law. According to him, CBN did not interfere when NCC fined MTN Nigeria in 2015 the sum of N1.04…
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