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Multichoice ignores court order, proceeds with hike of DSTV, Gotv packages

Multichoice Limited has proceeded to increase packages price for DSTV and GOTV as announce on Wednesday last week.

Recall that on April 24, the company announced that it would increase its price for its DStv and GOtv cable services, beginning from the first of May.

Meanwhile, a competition and consumer protection tribunal (CCPT) in  Abuja ruled that the firm should not increase its prices as scheduled for May 1.

 

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A three-member tribunal led by Saratu Shafii gave the interim order following an ex-parte motion moved by Ejiro Awaritoma, counsel to Festus Onifade, the applicant.

Despite the court ruling, a check by this medium revealed that the South African firm has gone ahead with the tariff increase as earlier proposed.

On its official website, the new prices are now being displayed and implemented.

For DStv Premium subscribers, the price has moved from N29,500 to N37,000. Also, the price for Compact Plus has also soared from 19,800 to 25,000.

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