Voice subscriptions in Nigeria declined by 3.03 percent to 219.30 million at the end of the first quarter of 2024 compared to 226.16 million voice subscriptions as of March 2023. The decline in voice subscriptions was widespread as only two states, Nasarawa, 10 percent and Niger, 1.94 percent, witnessed growth in voice subscriptions. The other 34 states and FCT Abuja recorded various declines in voice subscriptions.
The states with the worst decline in voice subscriptions are Oyo, 6.14 percent; Akwa Ibom, 6.19 percent; Enugu, 6.87 percent; Zamfara, 7.53 percent, and Abia, 7.80 percent.
“On state profile analysis, Lagos state had the highest number of active voice subscribers in Q1 2024 with 25,956,074, followed by Ogun with 12,672,990 and Kano with 11,931,128. On the other hand, Bayelsa recorded the least with 1,608,473, followed by Ebonyi and Ekiti with 1,885,657 and 1,969,568 respectively,” NBS stated last week.
At the bottom of the table are Yobe, 2.75 million subscriptions; Gombe, 2.74 million; Zamfara, 2.71 million; Ebonyi, 1.89 million and Bayelsa, 1.61 million subscriptions.
By mobile operator, MTN Nigeria maintained its market dominance, with 81.80 million subscriptions during the first quarter of this year. It was followed by Airtel with 63.36 million subscribers, and then Globacom with 62.19 million was left in the third position. 9Mobile had 11.65 million subscribers during the period.
