Reps threaten arrest warrants for telecom CEOs

By Gift ChapiOdekina, Abuja
The House of Representatives has threatened to issue arrest warrants against chief executives of telecommunications companies over their failure to honour invitations to explain persistent poor network services across the country.

The warning followed the rejection on Wednesday by the House Ad Hoc Committee investigating telecommunications service quality of an attempt by the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) to represent the affected companies through its chairman, Engr. Gbenga Adebayo.

The committee, chaired by Rep. Olumide Osoba (APC, Ogun), directed the chief executives and top management officials of MTN Nige...