Tag: Danbatta

27 Million Nigerians Lack Access To Telecoms Services

Aliyu Aliyu

Figure represented 53.1 per cent dip in the number of identified areas of clusters without telecommunications services access – NCC   About 27 million Nigerians have no access to telecommunications services as at the end of 2022, as against the 37 million figure recorded across the country in 2013. The figure represented a reduction by 53.1 per cent in the number of identified areas of clusters across without access to telecommunications services within the period. Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, disclosed…

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NCC Boss, Danbatta, Delivers Fountain Varsity’s Convocation Lecture

ADEOLA YUSUF

The authority of the Fountain University, Osogbo (FUO), Osun State, has picked the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, to deliver 10th and 11th Convocation Lecture of the university. The combined Convocation Lecture, titled: “Empowering the Nigeria Youth Through Information and Communication Technology” will take place on January 13, 2022 at NASFAT Eti-Osa Lecture Theatre in the university. Eminent personalities from government, industry and the academia are expected at the event scheduled at the heart of the week-long convocation ceremony. Since his appointment…

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‘Real reason NCC established special museum for Telecoms industry’

Aliyu Aliyu

Details have emerged on the real reason the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) established a special museum for the telecommunications industry in the country. Platforms Africa reports that the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, who revealed this in Abuja, declared that the museum’s establishment was to guarantee the future of museums. READ ALSO: Why Nigeria Extended NIN-SIM Verification Deadline to October 31, 2021 -NCC JUST IN: Nigeria Hikes Drivers’ Licenses, Number Plate Fees COVID-19 3rd wave hits Nigeria, kils six in Lagos daily…

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Digital age offers greater revenue-earning potential for Nigeria – NCC CEO

Aliyu Aliyu

  The Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has underscored the centrality of economic diversification and ethical leadership at all levels of government as panacea for the current economic headwinds in Nigeria. Danbatta stated this when he delivered a paper entitled: “Ethical   Leadership as an Instrument for National Sustainability in the Post-Oil Nigerian Economy. A Public Sector Perspective” at a  two-day hybrid (online and onsite) Annual Directors Conference (ADC) organized by the Institute of Directors (IoD), Nigeria earlier this week, where he also…

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How Nigerian Telecoms Agency raked-in N344.71bn in 5 Years – Danbatta

Aliyu Aliyu

  The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has told the House Committee on Telecommunications how the telecoms agency contributed to the revenue drive of the Federal Government by generating and remitting N344.71 billion to the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) in the last five years. Danbatta stated this while briefing the Committee members, led by their Chairman, Hon. (Prince) Akeem Adeyemi, during a legislative oversight function on the Commission in Abuja on Wednesday, October 28, 2020. The EVC, who attributed the successes of…

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Why NCC began InfraCo licencing Framework, Funding Review

Wonuola Olujobi

  Facts, at the weekend, emerged on the real reason, the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) constituted a committee to review the framework for the licensing of Infrastructure Companies (InfraCo). The review committee is to recommend sustainable funding options for effective implementation of the proposed national fibre project. The NCC, which declared this in a statement to Platforms Africa at the wekeend, maintained that the imperative of reviewing the InfraCo framework is “to cater for the delays in take-off, change in exchange rate, supply chain and other challenges imposed by the COVID-19…

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