Despite a suit in court, the Federal Government yesterday insisted that mobile giant MTN must pay the N780billion fine imposed on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) latest tomorrow.
The government has also engaged a five-man team of Senior Advocates to defend the sanction in court.
The Ministry of Communications made the clarifications against the backdrop of fears of whether or not the government will stay action on the imposition of the fine. MTN was punished for managing improperly registered 5.2m Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) Cards.
A top official said: “The fact that MTN has gone to court does not amount to a stay of the fine. We have not got any order restraining the Federal Government from collecting the fine. “An application before a court does not amount to the nullification of the sanction or a stay of action.”
The Special Assistant to the Minister of Communications, Victor Oluwadamilare, who spoke exclusively with our correspondent, said there was no going back on the deadline. He said the government will enforce the fine by December 31st.
THE NATION
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