Nigeria: Huge MTN fine shows Buhari administration will not tolerate disregard of law by big business

The extraordinary frequency of the use of these phones must mean the phone companies have more than recouped their investment and made loads of money besides.

They should now cut their calling rates to give their users a reprieve. Is that too much to ask?

Jenerali Ulimwengu is a Tanzanian lawyer, journalist and on the executive of the Raia Mwema newspaper. He is based in Dar-es-Salaam. The original version of this article was published in the Africa Review.

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