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In Lagos, a N100 MTN
recharge card is now sold for N110, while the N200 denomination is now sold for
N210. The N400 card is sold for N420, while the N750 and N1,500 recharge cards
now sell for N780 and N1,550 respectively.
The subject in the last
couple of weeks has continued to generate acquisition and counter-acquisition
from some stakeholders.
Commercial Telephonists, SIMs, and Recharge Cards Retailers Association of Nigeria (COTSARCRAN) said the increment was from MTN.
Commercial Telephonists, SIMs, and Recharge Cards Retailers Association of Nigeria (COTSARCRAN) said the increment was from MTN.
The little known
COTSARCRAN which was registered only on January this year, said it will only
revert to the normal prices when MTN and the dealers have removed the added on
their bulk purchases.
In a recent report, the president of COTSARCRAN, Mr. Adie Thomas Akomaye, on behalf of the entire members of the COTSARCRAN, appealed to MTN subscribers and the general public over the N10 increment on MTN recharge cards by MTN Company and its dealers.
MTN, has however denied
any increment insisting that the face value of all its recharge card
denominations remain the same.
But MTN however claimed
value of its recharge card denominations remain the same, saying its recharge vouchers
come in the following denominations: N1, 500, N750, N400, N200 and N100 and
none of the prices has been reviewed upward.
Corporate services
executive, MTN Nigeria, Wale Goodluck said: “We have not effected a price
increase and the retail price of the various denominations of our recharge
cards and recharge vouchers remain the same.
“Any such hike is
contrary to MTN’s wishes or knowledge. MTN has a well-established distribution
structure and all our authorised partners within this structure are obliged to
sell recharge cards at their face value.
“Any variance from the authorised face value
of recharge cards is without MTN’s knowledge or authority,” he said.
Elsewhere, NCC distanced
itself from the controversy, stating that its establishing act does not permit
NCC to regulate matters on SIM cards and recharge cards sales.
But the little known
COTSARCRAN which was registered only on January this year, said it will only
revert to the normal prices when MTN and the dealers have removed the added on
their bulk purchases.
Now, the question many
Nigerians have continued to ask is: who is responsible for vendors’ recharge
card hike?
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