Even if they want us to stop making calls we would, since there are other options to this, like the Whatsapp Call. Though the increasement in the price of data plans on 1st December is now the issue, cutting hopes down.
Last week the CBN Governor hammered on the implementation of the 3mins after call tax, which seemed it was coming to reality.

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Though 4G Users are covered.
The Association of Telecommunication Companies has reacted to this, opposing what the CBN Governor said about the rich making more calls than the poor. The spokesman of this association said;
“So, the proposal is not targeted at the middle or higher class. “I have not seen any industry where you don’t want people to use your products or services more. “We want people to be speaking longer,’’ he said. “It does not make sense, not only technically but economically, to apply that kind of thinking as a tool or solution out of the present economic recession, it is not going to work,’’“I think we can consider introducing a negligible telecom surcharge to be entirely borne by the initiator of a call in order to protect the poor and vulnerable amongst us.
“ We could structure it to only take effect after the third minute of talk.
“Some analyses have indicated that the government could earn about N100 billion per annum from this alone.

This bill shouldn't be implemented because it will affect many individuals, what do you think?

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