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MTN Nigeria Key Officials Resign

…. NCC reduces MTN’s N1.04t fine

Following the major shake-up in MTN Nigeria, Africa’s leading cellular telecommunications company, Michael Ikpoki, the CEO of the company, has resigned from his position.

Akinwale Goodluck, the head of regulatory and corporate affairs, has also resigned.

Ferdi Moolman becomes the new CEO while Amina Oyagbola takes over as the head of regulatory and corporate affairs.

These changes are considered to be in answer to the N1.04 trillion fine imposed on the company for failing to deactivate 5.2 million unregistered SIM cards.

In a statement released by the group corporate affairs on Thursday, the MTN Group also announced that it was restructuring its operations to strengthen “operational oversight, leadership, governance and regulatory compliance” across its 22 country operations in Africa and the Middle East. The group is now restructured into three regions – West and Central Africa, South and East Africa, and Middle East and North Africa.

Meanwhile, the Nigerian Communications Commission has reduced the fine of MTN Nigeria for failure to disconnect 5.2 million unregistered sim cards.

The reduction in fine was announced on Thursday by MTN in South Africa.

Instead of the $5.2 billion (N1.04 trillion) it was initially to pay, the company will now have to cough out $3.4 billion (N674 billion).

The fine is to be paid not later than December 31, 2015.

The company said in a statement on Thursday that it had received a formal letter from the NCC on the development.

It added: “The executive chairman, Phuthuma Nhleko, will immediately and urgently re-engage with the Nigerian authorities before responding formally, as it is essential for the company to follow due process to ensure the best outcome.”

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President Muhammadu Buhari plans to meet with President Jacob Zuma in Johannesburg this week to discuss MTN’s $5.2bn fine in Nigeria.

The Nigerian Communications Commission fined MTN for failing to disconnect five million unregistered SIM cards in a timely manner.

Nigeria’s SIM card registration process is designed to curb terror and criminal threats in that country.

Nigerian telecoms authorities later reduced the heavy $5.2bn fine imposed on MTN Group by 30 %.

-Frontiers News

Monday Ashibogwu

Monday Michaels Ashibogwu is Editor-In-Chief of QUICK NEWS AFRICA, one of Nigeria's leading online news service.

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