Oodua Youths threaten to shut down MultiChoice offices from Monday over tariff hike

Bayo Wahab 16:47 - 12 May 2023

MultiChoice head office. (PremiumTimes)

The youths vow to picket MultiChoice offices across the country from Monday next week.

A group under the aegis of the Oodua Youth Coalition have threatened to shut down MultiChoice offices across the country from Monday, May 15, 2023.

The group said it has exhausted all avenues of consultation to engage the Pay TV company on the recent increment of its DSTV and GOTV tariffs.

Having exhausted all avenue of consultation towards making @DStvNg engage us in why the need for increment in their existing tariffs, we are taking the route of picketing their offices nationwide starting from Monday 15th of May. By this direct our members to join us. pic.twitter.com/P5CiIkriHR
— Oodua Youths (@oodua_youths) May 11, 2023

“We are taking the route of picketing their offices nationwide starting from Monday 15th of May. By this direct our members to join us”, the group said.

Recall that in April, MultiChoice announced new rates for its DStv and GOtv packages.

The company in a text message sent to its customers said the upward review of DStv and GOtv packages was due to the rising costs of business operations.

24 hours after the announcement, members of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Southwest zone gave MultiChoice seven days to reverse the subscription rates.

In a statement signed by its Coordinator, Adejuwon Olatunji; Deputy Coordinator, Alao John, and Public Relations Officer, Opeoluwa Awoyinfa on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, the group said that MultiChoice was extorting Nigerians and bringing hardship on them.