The House of Representatives has threatened to situation warrants of arrest towards chief executives of telecommunications corporations in the event that they additional fail to look earlier than its committee investigating persistent poor community companies.
The warning was issued on Wednesday by the Ad hoc Committee investigating the standard of telecommunications companies in Nigeria.
The committee had earlier rejected an try by the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) to signify the affected corporations by its chairman, Engr. Gbenga Adebayo.
The committee, chaired by Olumide Osoba has directed that the chief executives and different high administration officers of the affected telecommunications operators seem earlier than it on November 4, 2026.
It had on October 21, 2026 invited MTN Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria, Globacom, Mafab Communications and different licensed operators to clarify persistent complaints about dropped calls, sluggish web connectivity, failed transactions and insufficient community protection.
The operators nevertheless, delegated Adebayo to signify them on the listening to, a transfer the committee rejected, passing a reolution to reinvite the CEOs, with the directive to unfailingly seem on the acknowledged date.
