The Alawe of Ilawe-Ekiti,Oba Adebanji Ajibade Alabi,has expressed concern over recent 50 percent tarrif increment by telecommunication service providers .
The monarch, in a statement made available to journalists by his mMedia Adviser ,High Chief Ajibade Olubunmi charged the service providers should match their costs with good services.
Oba Alabi, a former Chairman of the Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers also called on the National Communication Commission( NCC) to intervene in the menace of poor services being rendered by the MTN to the town.
The monarch lamented that Ilawe-Ekiti which is the third most populous town in Ekiti State had been grappling with poor services by one of the telecommunication giants,MTN, for over a month now .
Alawe explained that this situation prompted him to personally signed two letters on behalf of his community,Ilawe-Ekiti to the MTN to rectify the horrible situation.
“It is quite surprising and most disappointing that the problem still persists up to date.” Alawe said
He noted that many communities in Nigeria could be agonizing under the same poor services being rendered by MTN to his people asking: what is the justification for tarrif Increase for poor services?
He said “no one would quarrel with any company who asks for more money when providing fantastic services to customers but it will be an extortion to increase tarrif for poor services”.
The Alawe therefore appealed to MTN to improve it’s services in his domain