The Governing Board of the Commission approved the creation of the new Department at its last meeting.
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The two Ministerial committees, which are: Completed Projects Review Committee and Committee on Media Engagement in Local Languages, are chaired by Ayuba Shuaibu Executive Secretary, Universal Service Provision Fund, and Dr. Usman Gambo Abdullahi, Director, National Information Technology Development Agency respectively.
Danbatta was last month rewarded by President Muhammadu Buhari with a second term of five years for his numerous initiatives in repositioning the Commission to meet Nigeria’s needs in his first five-year tenure.
The SMP is expected to leverage the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy as well as the new National Broadband Plan 2020 2025 Roadmaps.
Provision of the necessary digital impetus to the actualization of the economic diversification of Mr. President, tailored towards a free market economy which is not tied to oil and gas is on NCC’s priority list. This push is in tandem with the administration’s “Next Level Agenda” as it enters its fifth year in this long democratic race.
The Minister spoke when the Executive Management of the Commission led by Prof. Danbatta paid him a courtesy visit on Monday.
The Commission reiterated this position in a statement signed by its Director Public Affairs, Dr. Henry Nkemadu, in which it made further clarifications to the members of public and other stakeholders on the situation.
The explanation was offered in a statement by the spokesman of NIDCOM, Abdur-Rahman Balogun.
While Dabiri-Erewa levelled the allegations in a television interview on Saturday, the NCC, in a statement by its Director of Public Affairs, Dr. Henry Nkemadu, replied her on Sunday.
However, we also believe that it is necessary to empower consumers with information on data consumption and usage to enable them get better value from their data subscriptions and to get prompt redress where necessary. To achieve these objectives, we have developed the following Frequently Asked Questions with regards to data consumption and usage:
Electrical and electronic experts have called for adoption of 5G mobile technology for Nigeria not to be left out of the ongoing global technological industrialisation and development evolution.
The NCC said this in a statement on Monday in reaction “to a mischievous statement making the rounds on social media like Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, LinkedIn and other sites that the Nigerian telecoms industry is going to switch on Fifth Generation (5G) in Lagos this Sunday 10th, Monday 11th or Tuesday 12th May 2020”.
The ongoing laying of fibre optic cables and the deployment of other telecoms equipment by mobile network operators across Lagos and other states is entirely to expand their networks infrastructure across the country to provide more efficient services to the consumers, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has said.
In view of the recent development in which misleading materials with no proven evidence are being circulated to link Coronavirus Disease or COVID-19 with 5G Technology, the Nigerian Communications Commission said it had become imperative for it to provide clarifications on the issues.
The aftermath of unveiling the Digital Economy Complex built by the Nigeria Communication Commission has been the negative commentaries in the public space over the seemingly frosty relationship between the Minister of Communication, Dr. Isa Aliyu Pantami, and the Executive Vice President of the NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta.
Contrary to wide speculation by an online publication that the Nigerian Communications Commission gave N300 million to the Nigeria Information Technology Development Agency, the Commission has stated unequivocally that the information was mere falsehood.
An Ikeja High Court in Lagos State presided over by Justice A. M. Lawal in a ruling on March 25, 2020 in suit No. ID/ADR/2389/2019 has dismissed a case of defamation filed by Chief Tony Okoroji, the disputed Chairman of the Copyright Society of Nigeria Ltd/Gte (COSON), against Obi Ezeilo, the Director of Prosecution of the Nigerian Copyright Commission.
The 26-man Committee inaugurated by the Nigerian Communications Commission to develop a Memorandum of Understanding on how relevant public and private organisations can collaborate to combat electronic frauds perpetrated through telecommunications platforms, have met for the second time after its inauguration.
Three broadcasting facilities engaged in pirating the broadcast signals of several right owners: Star Times, Communications Trends Nigeria Limited and MultiChoice Nigeria, have been closed down during joint enforcement operations carried out by operatives of the Nigerian Copyright commission and the Department of State Services in Aba and Umuahia, Abia State.
The Senate Committee on Communications says it was impressed by the various regulatory interventions which the Nigerian Communications Commission has taken to ensure improved service delivery and bridging access gaps in the country.