Nigerian Tribunal Dismisses Suit Against MultiChoice's Tariff Hike PremiumTimesng: Nigeria
The Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit challenging Multichoice's recent hike of its subscriptions for products and services.
In its unanimous decision, the panel said the power to regulate prices of goods and services lies with the president. The tribunal added that the claimants failed to prove how they suffered"psychological trauma, hardship or violation of their human rights" resulting from the tariff hike.In its findings, the tribunal also held that Mr Onifade and the Coalition of Nigeria Consumers failed to prove that MultiChoice abused its market dominance in the pay television market.
The panel also rejected Mr Onifade's request to direct MultiChoice to adopt a pay-as-you-view model of billing for all its products and services.Despite dismissing the suit, the tribunal, as PREMIUM TIMES reported earlier, ordered FCCPC to investigate the claimants' claimsIt held that the consumer protection commission took appropriate measures to probe the concerns raised in the claimants suit.before it on 8 September.
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