Users Lament Over Data Depletion as NCC Explains Causes | ClipTV Online

‎To mitigate the effect of financial pressure on Nigerians, in September 2025, the federal government announced a revocation of 5% tax on both voice and data usage across the country.

‎Dr. Aminu Maida, Nigerian Communications Commission Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) also affirmed the revocation to reduce the financial burden on Nigerians.

‎”The directive came directly from President Tinubu to ensure that Nigerians are not further burdened at a time of economic pressure,” Maida noted.

‎This was a welcoming development at the time. The 171 million telecom users noted this as relief for business and personal experiences.

‎It has been over four (4) months since the revocation pronouncement, users are still lamenting on the heavy charges by service providers.

‎A media veteran, Dr. Rufai Oseni made a similar public disclosure on Tuesday when he called the attention of the network and ISPs to his recent ordeal.

‎”Dear Network providers, Pls fix your data

‎I did 10 g and it lasted couple of days

‎This wasn’t the case before

‎”And there’s on network providers that told its former customers that they will migrate them when the network changed names and I am a customer but today my phone doesn’t have reception.

Is the NCC seeing all,” Rufai said on his X account.

‎The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in its response highlighted factors that may result in consumptions of such data. 

‎”data usage can be affected by several factors beyond browsing, such as video quality, fast download speeds, background apps, and automatic updates,” NCC cleared.

‎There would be further details as NCC continues to educate the public on data usage.