Plans by the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) to increase the price of data may have been stopped by the Nigerian Senate, WuzupNaija has gathered.

MTN subscribers had been issued series of warning text messages, informing them that starting from Thursday, December 1, there would be an increase in the rate of date purchase, a development which has irked many Nigerians from all walks of life.

During their plenary session today, the Senate said it was totally against the plans by the commission to increase the prices of data.

In a series of tweets by the Senate, the lawmakers frowned at the new increment idea, check out the tweets:

Deputy Senate Leader Ibn N’Allah raises a motion on the increase in data tariffs by the telecomms. over policies of the @NgComCommission

— Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) November 30, 2016

Senate mandates #CtteeCommunications to carry out through oversight on the process to ensure that Nigerians are carried along in the process

— Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) November 30, 2016

Senate also mandates #CtteeCommunications to ensure that Nigerians are not short changed.

— Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) November 30, 2016

Senate further mandates the #CtteeCommunications to investigate the allegations of failure of the service providers.

— Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) November 30, 2016

” It is very important that we protect the people that brought us here this is the height of irresponsibility by @NgComCommission….

— Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) November 30, 2016

Senators in all totality condemned the increase of data Tariffs by the service providers in tandem with @NgComCommission

— Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) November 30, 2016

….. at this time without any consultation from the statistics it is almost four times the price” – @bukolasaraki

— Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) November 30, 2016

Senate now resolves to halt the new tariff approval.

— Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) November 30, 2016