Senate summons DSTV over billing controversy

Senate President Godswill Akpabio connected Wednesday raised concerns implicit the billing practices of DSTV successful Nigeria, questioning wherefore subscribers proceed to suffer their subscription days adjacent erstwhile the work is not successful use.

Speaking during plenary session, Akpabio said, “DSTV successful South Africa, if you question for 1 month, 2 months, 3 months, your paper volition not run.”

“Your wealth remains until you travel and activate it. But successful Nigeria, erstwhile you pay, if you question for 1 week, 2 weeks, by the clip you travel backmost it has gone down,” helium said.

He added, “So they are charging you connected a regular ground adjacent erstwhile it is not successful use.”

The Senate President said the concern was unfair to Nigerians, particularly families who question for holidays lone to instrumentality and find that their subscriptions had been exhausted.

Comparing it with energy billing, Akpabio said, “The aforesaid mode we are paying for powerfulness that we are not using. You spell to communities, their transformer has stopped moving 1 twelvemonth ago, but the radical are inactive getting bills connected a monthly basis.”

He further stated, “The aforesaid mode you’re not utilizing DStv, you person travelled for vacation with your family, by the clip you travel backmost everything has been consumed, but it doesn’t hap successful South Africa...