President
Muhammadu Buhari has ordered investigation into the sale of Nigerian
Telecommunications, NITEL, and Mobile Telecommunications, MTEL, under
the administration of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan.
The telecom company was sold for $252m to NATCOM consortium in December 2014.
Permanent
Secretary, Federal Ministry of Communication and Technology, told State
House Correspondents on Tuesday after briefing the President Buhari
that the president had directed him to raise a memo on the whole
transaction to ascertain if there were any underhand dealings.
The
official also disclosed that President Buhari expressed worry over the
quality of service rendered by the telecom operators in Nigeria.
He
said: “The President was concerned about the liquidation of NITEL. He
is not opposed to its privatization but he wants to know and he want us
to bring a memo on how the whole transaction was undertaken so that he
would know whether Nigeria was shortchanged.
“The President was
concerned by the quality of service of telecom operators. The President
is very concerned about the whole issue of privatization that is
hindering the investments in ICT infrastructure, and he will personally
champion this. The President talked about the potentials of the ICT
sector in generating employment.”
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