DSTV New Subscription Fee – Nigerians have protested DSTV’s decision to increase subscription fees with ‘No To DSTV Extortion’. DSTV announced a new subscription fee just a month after the Minister of State for Labour & Employment, Festus Keyamo, requested that DSTV should offer its subscribers a one-month free service to ease the pains of Nigerian workers during the lockdown.
But DSTV pulled a plot twist as the cable TV increased the price for its subscription rather than cut charges or offer free service. In a bulletin conveying the new prices, DSTV included VAT in its subscription fee for packages and Add-ons channels. The price will be effective on June 1, 2020.
This is the exact opposite of what Keyamo urged DSTV to do, “As one of the Ministers entrusted with the welfare of Nigerian workers, I politely urge @DStvNg & @StarTimes_Ng to extend all EXISTING subscriptions by at least one month, free-of-charge, as their own contribution to ease the pains of Nigerian workers at this time of lockdown.”
1. As one of the Ministers entrusted with the welfare of Nigerian workers, I politely urge @DStvNg & @StarTimes_Ng to extend all EXISTING subscriptions by at least one month, free-of-charge, as their own contribution to ease the pains of Nigerian workers at this time of lockdown
— Festus Keyamo, SAN, CON, FCIArb (UK) (@fkeyamo) March 30, 2020
Although DSTV later donated N1.2 billion, spreading the money across the Federal, State and movie practitioners days after Keyamo’s request. But today, DSTV sent messages across various platforms, including Twitter, stating that, “Dear DStv customer, please be informed that effective 1 June 2020, we will implement 7.5% VAT on all DStv services.”
The new price for their most popular packages is as follow;
- Premium: previous price (N15,800), new price (N16,200)
- Compact+: previous price (N10,650), new price (N10,925)
- Compact: previous price (N6,800), new price (N6,975)
- Confam: previous price (N4,500), new price (N4,615)
- Yanga: (N2,500), new price (N2,565)
- Padi: previous price (N1,800), new price (N1,850)
Add-ons channels
- Access Fee: previous price (N2,200), new price (N2,255)
- Box Office: previous price (N400), new price (N410)
When the new price hit social media platform, Twitter, users began to criticise the company for increasing its price at period businesses and households are suffering financially due to coronavirus pandemic and the shutdown.
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Check out some reactions below:
https://twitter.com/OluwaseunBenj2/status/1258398474720227328
What rubbish is this… This is the problem with Monopoly. If there was another provider of the same service we would not have this situation #NoToDSTVExtortion https://t.co/QtmhjTcfOd
— TORMASE (@thereal_guma) May 7, 2020
Dear @DStvNg
I recieved you message with high level of disappointment this morning of your plans to introduce 7.5% Vat implementation on all packages, I must tell you, this is the wrongest time to implement this. A country with a good govt wont allow this.#NoToDstvExtortion
— Olóyè T.D Esq (@BolanleCole) May 7, 2020
https://twitter.com/Tobhiloba/status/1258400903910088705
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