BY CHIDI NKWOPARA

OWERRI—Mobile telephone users in Imo State have cried out over alleged extra tariff slammed on them by MTN, and its authorised distributors and agents in the state.
Vanguard investigations revealed that recharge card dealers now charge extra N10 for every N100 recharge card purchased by any subscriber in the state.

It was also gathered that the extra but illegal tax, which started last December and has continued at the time of going to press, grows as the recharge card purchaser increases his demand.
A youth corps member serving in the state, Mr. Olusola Isaac, lamented what he described as hide and seek game of the telecom operator and its agents.

His words: “It is sad that MTN is not giving any sort of explanation to this ugly situation. The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, and the Consumer Protection Commission, CPC, have equally maintained a demeaning silence over this ugly development.”
A recharge card retailer, Mrs. Tina Iwuala, explained that recharge card printers now sell the N100 brick for N980 as against the previous N960.