Africa: MTN's History of Controversies, Violation of Nigeria's Laws

13 September 2018
analysis

MTN Nigeria is steadily, but unconsciously, erecting for itself a notorious reputation for romancing with controversy. It might be a leader in the telecoms sector today (in terms of subscriber base), but since berthing in Nigeria's shores in 2001, courting controversy has become its second nature.

In less than two decades of operations, MTN's recurring brushes with the regulatory authorities casts it in a negative frame. Its latest sanction by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for regulatory infractions as well as its being accused by the Attorney General of the Federation of tax evasion only confirms, like the leopard, it never changes its spots.

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