FG moves to investigate DSTV, cable TV companies in Nigeria

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission announced on Tuesday that it has initiated an investigation to probe the activities of the foremost cable TV companies in Nigeria.

Chief Executive Officer of the commission, Babatunde Irukera, disclosed this in a signed statement.

The commission said the investigation is informed by a series of complaints from Nigerians over the past two years.

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The commission said the investigation would focus on “unfair dealings, unreasonable and manifestly unjust contract terms, abuse of market power, computable pricing practises and other otherwise obnoxious or illegal conduct”. 

The statement reads in part, “Over the past 24 months, the FCCPC had conducted an investigation, pursued legal action in court, secured an injunction pre-empting price increase, entered specific orders regarding providers engaged in periodic surveillance and monitoring and more recently inquired into a purported tax increase by at least one provider.”