The
local subsidiary of the South African operator, Mobile Telecommunications
Network (MTN) said it had “paid 542 billion CFA francs to Cameroon between 2010
and 2014.’’
The communications giant made the
claim a day after a regular session of its board of directors. The company
talked about its “outstanding contribution” to public revenue and the
socio-economic development of Cameroon, through the payment of 467.65 billion
CFA francs to the government and the telecommunications regulatory agency (TRA)
in terms of taxes, duties and other charges, in strict compliance with the
regulations in force.”.
In the same vein, out of the 75
billion CFA francs paid last year for the renewal of its operating license, MTN
is proud to reinvest 53.1 % of its annual turnover in the business and the
local economy, through infrastructure strengthening, the payment of salaries,
the payment of invoices to service providers, the payment of commissions to
partners and charitable activities.
This announcement was made after the
publication of a report of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC)
accusing MTN, but also the Cameroon Telecommunications Company (state-owned
CAMTEL) and the French firm Orange of owing the state, for the past few years,
the sum of 176 billion CFA francs in taxes, charges and unpaid fines.