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The meeting between MTN and Deposit Money Banks (DMB) that was held in Lagos ended inclusively yesterday and would continue today.
One of the regulatory sources, who confided in THISDAY, said the meeting was a hybrid one, because it was held physical in Lagos, but was joined virtually from Abuja by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami; the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr. Godwin Emefiele, and the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Garba Danbatta.
The officials of the banks and the MTN, according to the source, were physically present at the meeting while Pantami, Emefiele and Danbatta joined virtually.
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Nigeria has emerged as chairman of the West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA) by a consensus of all the parties concerned.
This unanimous decision was reached after several virtual and physical engagements by the Assembly with the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, supported by the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Garba Danbatta.
The Nigeria Communications Act (NCA 2003), by default, bequeaths the power of representation at international fora on the Minister as the sector’s supervisor and national policymaker. That makes Dr Pantami chairman of WATRA.
Similarly, the nomination of the candidate for the position of Executive Secretary also met with resounding success as Engr Aliyu Aboki emerged the winner of a keenly contested election involving six countries.