Customers Groan as MTN Hikes Data Plans Again

By Adedapo Adesanya

Nigeria’s leading telecommunications provider, MTN, has once again implemented another price hike on internet plans, marking the second time in the last three months.

Recall that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) approved a 50 per cent tariff increase in January, the first of such since 2013, for telcos in the country.

Checks by Business Post revealed that previous plans are no longer applicable at their rates, with many customers lamenting that the value has doubled yet again.

For instance, the 2.5GB plan which used to be N600, now goes for N900, the 6GB jumped to N2,500 from previously 5GB which cost around N1,500.

Other checks showed that N3,500, which used to be for 15GB, is now for N7GB.

Under the previous pricing, the 1.8GB monthly plan was N1,500, replacing the previous 1.5GB plan that was priced at N1,000. The 20GB plan increased to N7,500 from N5,500, while the 15GB plan rose to N6,500, up from N4,500.

Larger data bundles have saw even steeper increases. The 90-day 1.5TB plan has jumped from N150,000 to N240,000, while the 600GB 90-day plan has risen from N75,000 to N120,000.

It is expected that there will be hikes across these bundles with these fresh hikes.

According to an X user, “MTN don increase their data price again. Na wa o.”

“We’re paying more for data than we’re earning in this country. MTN are hell-bent on business aiming to push the majority of people offline by the second quarter of this year,” another user added.

MTN Nigeria, with 84.61 million subscribers, has the largest share in the Nigerian telco market.