President Buhari Approves New Tax on Phone Calls, Proceeds to Finance Free Healthcare for Vulnerable Nigerians




President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the collection of taxes on every phone call made by Nigerians. The telecom tax in the equivalent of a minimum of one kobo per second for phone calls and will be the source of funds required to finance free healthcare for the Vulnerable Group in Nigeria.



Nigerians will have to pay more for phone calls as the federal government move to raise funds to finance free healthcare for vulnerable Nigerians

President Buhari is reported to have approved the new tax before he embarked on a two-days condolence visit to UAE This is coming less than a month after the telecommunication industry operators wrote a letter demanding an upward review of tariffs on data and phone calls by 40%




According to the Nigerian Communications Commission, Nigerians made 150.83 billion minutes of calls in 2020. This translates to 9.05 trillion seconds of calls, meaning the new tax will generate 9.05 trillion kobo, which converts to N90.49bn, yearly


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