Muhammad Buhari Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/muhammad-buhari/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 08 Mar 2016 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Muhammad Buhari Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/muhammad-buhari/ 32 32 MTN assisted Boko Haram – Buhari https://jjcornish.com/2016/03/mtn-assisted-boko-haram-buhari/ Tue, 08 Mar 2016 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2016/03/mtn-assisted-boko-haram-buhari/ Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari says MTN aided terror group Boko Haram by not disconnecting unsold mobile phone SIM card. Breaking his silence on the multi-billion fine imposed on the the telecoms company, Buhari tells his guest President Jacob Zuma that he’s not concerned about the penalty imposed on MTN but about the security implications of […]

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]]> Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari says MTN aided terror group Boko Haram by not disconnecting unsold mobile phone SIM card.
Breaking his silence on the multi-billion fine imposed on the the telecoms company, Buhari tells his guest President Jacob Zuma that he’s not concerned about the penalty imposed on MTN but about the security implications of its negligence.
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Addressing a joint press conference after talks with his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma, who is on a state visit to Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari says Boko Haram has been communicating though unused SIM cards and has killed 10 000 of his compatriots.
MTN has contributed top this by failing to register unsold cards.
Buhari says MTN tied his hands by hauling the matter before Federal court.
But now the case has been withdrawn the relevant government departments can look to reducing the fine or having it paid in installments.

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