{"id":42065,"date":"2022-04-27T16:23:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T16:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/?p=42065"},"modified":"2022-04-27T16:23:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T16:23:46","slug":"did-mtn-pay-n3-5tln-in-taxes-to-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/did-mtn-pay-n3-5tln-in-taxes-to-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Did MTN pay N3.5tln in taxes to Nigeria? \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;MTN Nigeria on Wednesday&nbsp;&nbsp;said that&nbsp;&nbsp;it has paid N3.5 trillion on levies and taxes to government&nbsp;&nbsp;since inception&nbsp;&nbsp;and over N3.4 trillion on capital investment. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chief Executive&nbsp;&nbsp;Officer (CEO) MTN, Mr Karl Toriola said in his address at the \u2018Brunch with Karl\u2019 at Lagos Business&nbsp;&nbsp;School in Lagos. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toriola said that had also enabled broad socio economic&nbsp;&nbsp;development by creating values for shareholders with over N2.5 trillion dividen paid since inception. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that not only would shareholders&nbsp;&nbsp;smile to the bank but also over 30 million Nigerians had benefited&nbsp;&nbsp;from N28 billion&nbsp;&nbsp;investment&nbsp;&nbsp;through MTN foundation. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, MTN is a community that connects&nbsp;&nbsp;to the society&nbsp;&nbsp;and truly committed&nbsp;&nbsp;to showcasing and developing boundless talent of our people. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018\u2019MTN&nbsp;&nbsp;has been enabling broad socio-economic development by supporting financial&nbsp;&nbsp;infrastructure over 174,500 ATM and POS for electronic&nbsp;&nbsp;payments. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018\u2019Created alternative payment channels to 9.4 million active Moments customers. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018\u2019As well as provided high capacity internet for over 160 public and private universities,&nbsp;&nbsp;Polytechnics and colleges , he said. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, MTN has also committed N28 billion through&nbsp;&nbsp;Yello Jppe Initiative&nbsp;&nbsp;to support broad base of stakeholders. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He however&nbsp;&nbsp;emphasised&nbsp;&nbsp;that MTN was committed to Cooperate Social Responsibility&nbsp;&nbsp;and has provided jobs in every local government&nbsp;&nbsp;across the state. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-42065\" data-postid=\"42065\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-42065 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;MTN Nigeria on Wednesday&nbsp;&nbsp;said that&nbsp;&nbsp;it has paid N3.5 trillion on levies and taxes to government&nbsp;&nbsp;since inception&nbsp;&nbsp;and over N3.4 trillion on capital investment. &nbsp; The Chief Executive&nbsp;&nbsp;Officer (CEO) MTN, Mr Karl Toriola said in his address at the \u2018Brunch with Karl\u2019 at Lagos Business&nbsp;&nbsp;School in Lagos. &nbsp; Toriola said that had also enabled broad socio economic&nbsp;&nbsp;development [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12757,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[18,58],"class_list":["post-42065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance-money","tag-nigeria","tag-tax","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Did MTN pay N3.5tln in taxes to Nigeria? 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