Mustafa Abubakar
28 September 2008
Ilorin — Hundreds of MTN subscribers yesterday protested on the streets of Ilorin, Kwara State capital over persistent inability to easily load credits in recent time.
The angry protesters, who called for the federal government's intervention, went round major streets, in the state capital protesting.
Places visited include: Unity, Ibrahim Taiwo, Challenge, Post Office, Offa Garage area, Asa Dam and Murtala Muhammad road.
Spokesperson of the angry protesters, Raliat Abdulgafar told Sunday Trust that the untoward attitude of the GSM operators, particularly the MTN, became worrisome because it had badly affected their businesses in no small measure.
Abdulgafar who said they used to make an average of N2,500 daily after all deductions, lamented that since the present development started, they hardly make N500 because of very low patronage as a result of poor network.
"To make matters worse, when we log in credit, we don't receive the credit until after three days, and even when we make calls, the voice is poor. You hardly hear the voice from the other end, yet deductions are made. This cannot continue, so we decided to gather ourselves together and make this complaint so that the federal government can call them to order," she stressed.
She described as irresponsible the nonchalant attitude of government to the problem.
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