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Telecoms will drive economic diversification agenda ― Danbatta On By Emmanuel Elebeke The Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Danbatta, says the telecommunications industry has been positioned to drive the economic diversification plan of Federal government. Professor Danbatta made this assertion in his presentation to Course 29 Participants at the National Defence College, Nigeria, on Monday. Speaking on a theme, “The Telecommunications In...

Share The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Danbatta has said that the commission remitted over N362.34 billion as revenue in five (5) years to the Federal Government’s consolidated revenue account. This is just as he described as key the role of telecommunications to the diversification of the nation’s economy. Professor Danbatta disclosed this in his presentation to Course 29 Participants at the National Defence College, Nigeria, on Mo...

By Emmanuel Elebeke The Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, Friday said that telecommunications industry has been positioned to drive the economic diversification plan of the Federal government. Prof. Danbatta made this assertion in his presentation to Course 29 Participants at the National Defence College, Nigeria, on Monday. Speaking on a theme, “The Telecommunications Industry and National Development in Nigeria: The Roles of the NCC ...

• Three states earn more taxes from telecoms operators Five states in Nigeria, including Borno, Yobe, Zamfara, Taraba and Sokoto, have the highest number of communities without any basic telephony services. As at October, the country had 285 million connected telephone lines, out of which 207 million were active. However, about 30 million, according to the Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, who reside in some 115 communities, have not had...

By Etuka Sunday The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has pledged to continually maintain high ethical standards in all its regulatory activities consistent with the Federal Government’s efforts to entrench the culture of accountability and transparency in the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government. The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, gave the commitment at the inauguration of NCC’s Anti-Corruption and T...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has pledged to continually maintain high ethical standards in all its regulatory activities consistent with the Federal Government’s effort to entrench the culture of accountability and transparency in the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government. The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, gave the commitment at the inauguration of NCC’s Anti-Corru...

NCC pledges commitment to regulatory transparency On By Emmanuel Elebeke The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has promised to continually maintain high ethical standards in all its regulatory activities consistent with the Federal Government’s efforts to entrench the culture of accountability and transparency in the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government. The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, gave the commi...

Punch Newspapers Sections Ife Ogunfuwa The Nigerian Communications Commission has instituted and endowed professorial chairs with N40m in two Nigerian universities. The universities are University of Ibadan, Oyo State and Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi State, according to a statement on Sunday by the Director, Public Affairs at NCC, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde. He explained that they were endowed with N20m each over the next two years to embark on massive research to promote innovation that ...

By Etuka Sunday The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and Telecom industry Stakeholders in a webinar conference, brainstorm on ways to leverage technology in enhancing businesses, security and to aid the physically challenged persons. IDEA ’04 defines an assistive technology service as “any service that directly assists a child with a disability in the selection, acquisition, or use of an assistive technology device.” The Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta i...

By Emmanuel Elebeke The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, says it is considering using Assistive Technology to address unmet needs in the nation’s telecommunications sector. It also said the technology when deployed would assist in fulfillment of its universal access and service obligations (UASO) in compliance with the recommendations of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The Executive Vice Chairman of tgs Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta stated this at a virtual conferen...