Nigeria, Nov. 5 -- The Minister of Communications, Isa Pantami on Tuesday, directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to resolve the issues of illegal data deduction within five days.

According to a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES by the ministry's spokesperson, Philomena Oshodin, he directed the communication agency to ensure the downward review of the price of data in the country.

He reportedly said this during the presentation of a new Board Member/Executive Commissioner, Adeleke Adewolu, in Abuja.

This newspaper reported how the minister had ordered NCC to sanction mobile network operators in the country making illegal deductions from subscribers.

Mr Pantami had ordered the immediate stoppage of Unstructured Supplementa...