Nigeria, Jan. 27 -- A nationwide protest is currently brewing in Nigeria due to the recent approval by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, for telecommunication operators to raise tariff by 50%.

Citing the mounting financial pressures occasioned by the devaluation of the naira and increasing operational costs in Nigeria, telecom operators like MTN and Airtel had demanded a 100% tariff increase.

However, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, on Monday, January 20 announced the approval of a 50% tariff increase.

By the time the Mobil Network Operators implement the approved tariff, Nigerians are expected to pay N16.5 per minute for calls from N11, the cost of SMS to N6 from N4, and the cost of 1 gigab...