MultiChoice/DSTV Nigeria quite recently
were taken to court by a group of Nigerians calling for the stoppage of the
South African company’s annual price increase.
A judgement was granted restraining
MultiChoice from increasing the tariffs in Nigeria. However, and according to
the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), the order is being
flouted by DSTV who continue to increase prices.
In a press release,
the group calls for sanctions to be applied to the company for quite blatantly
flouting a court order. They protest the quite infamous high handedness of
DSTV’s pricing in relation to the services they provide, and say they won’t
stand for any more maltreatment of Nigerians.
“Multichoice has over the years
treated Nigerian customers with much disdain. Unlike in other climes where
Multichoice operates, Nigerians pay to watch local channels, Nigerians also pay
exorbitant subscription charges compared to others despite poor services
rendered.
We have also observed that the
company has been selling substandard decoders to Nigerian subscribers even as
it has refused to introduce the pay per view as it is obtainable elsewhere.
These and many more are the evils
being perpetrated against Nigerians by Multichoice. But what NANS will not
condone is for the company to extend its rascality to brazenly disobeying the
laws of the land.”
So it looks like even the courts
can’t stop DSTV from fleecing their customers as much as they like. What’s
surprising though is that no one is raising a finger and it has befallen on a
student group to bring this to the fore.
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