The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed workers and Nigerians to boycott major telecom providers, MTN, Airtel, and Glo, daily from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, starting Thursday, February 13.

This comes in response to the implementation of a 50% tariff hike, which the NLC condemned as “a betrayal of trust and an affront to the Nigerian people.”

In a communique issued after its Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting in Lokoja, Kogi State, the NLC criticized telecom operators for disregarding an agreement reached with the Federal Government and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).

The agreement had led to the formation of a 10-man committee tasked with reviewing the proposed tariff hike within two weeks.

However, the NLC accused telecom providers of implementing the increase before the committee could finalize its recommendations, calling it “a direct slap on the government and its institutions.”