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He said: “I think the issues are sufficiently critical that I feel we should have a small committee made up of members of your association, members from our ministry and the NCC will have representatives.

MTN was fined the N1.04 trillion for failing to register a number of subscribers in accordance with laid down rules

Receiving the Acting Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, Dr. Vincent Onome Akpotaire, who paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja, the Minister said to achieve the objective, the government was planning to constitute a technical committee to proffer solutions to the issues militating against the Nigerian Postal Sector and present a policy direction to harness the economic potentials of NIPOST.Receiving the Acting Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, Dr. Vincent Onome Akpotaire, who paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja, the Minister said to achieve the objective, the government was planning to constitute a technical committee to proffer solutions to the issues militating against the Nigerian Postal Sector and present a policy direction to harness the economic potentials of NIPOST.

Shittu, who was accompanied by a five-man team from the Ministry of Communications as well as the acting DG of NITDA, Dr. Vincent Olatunji, was received at the Data Center/Cable Landing Station by Dr. Tunde Ayeni, the Chairman NatCom; Kamar Abass, MD of ntel; and senior members of the ntel management team

Its mission is to promote rapid and even development in telecommunications in West Africa toward attaining globally competitive standards while facilitating accelerated development of telecommunications infrastructure and provision of services at affordable rate in the sub region

The meeting, to be addressed by the Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, is scheduled for Tuesday in Abuja

In the statement, Shittu said the clarification on the issue of the sale of NIPOST became necessary because of the insinuations on the sale making the rounds on the social media

The National Publicity Secretary of CLNI, Usman Abdulazeez, described the sack of Jack as illegal, saying the minister’s action was a complete departure from the promise made to Nigerians by the President

A source stated that while it is a traditional and standard practice to hand over to the most senior Director, the Minister earlier insisted that Vincent Olatunji, the Director of Corporate Planning and Strategy, who is believed to be his friend, should take over to ensure the successful execution of his planned governorship ambition come 2019

This was contained in a statement signed by Victor Oluwadamilare, the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, on Wednesday in Abuja

“We have been receiving a lot of inputs from stakeholders across the country and from Nigerians in the diaspora; some of which will form part of the details of the blueprint

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, Bowofade Aderemi, filed a motion to remove the name of his client from the list of defendants

Shittu instituted a legal action against the APC and five others over his exclusion from the Oyo State Harmonisation Committee in spite of his nomination by the national body of the party