Since the deregulation of telecommunications industry in 2001 by the Federal Government of Nigeria, the sector has witnessed a steady revolution in terms of core investors from home and abroad looking the way of Nigeria and for those years, the independent National Regulatory Authority for the telecommunications industry in the country the NCC, has reeled out real-time policies that supports their investments.
Though, the Nigerian Communications Commission is responsible for creating an enabling environment for competition among operators in the industry as well as ensuring the provision of qualitative and efficient telecommunications services throughout the country, this is not without the challenge of non-compliance with industry standard by some service providers in the course of offering services to the subscribers.
As the biggest telecommunications regulatory agency in Africa in terms of government investments in infrastructure, the NCC expects utmost professionalism, robust working relationship and partnership that would enable it catalyse its vision into a workable form for the good of the Nigerians, Africans and the world at large.
Also, the Commission has initiated several programmes such as State Accelerated Broadband Initiative (SABI) and Wire Nigeria Project (WIN) to help stimulate demand and accelerate the uptake of ICT tools and services necessary for the enthronement of a knowledge society in Nigeria.
In order to achieve its mandate, the Commission has put in place the necessary licensing and regulatory framework for the supply of telecommunications services.
To support a market driven Communications industry and promote universal access. Over time, NCC’s dynamic regulatory environment had ensured universal access to affordable and equitable service and did not only supported the nation’s economic growth, but the investors have had their Return on Investments (RoI).
The Commission’s core values of integrity, excellence, professionalism, responsiveness, innovation and commitment are currently being driven and this has no doubt created a paradigm shift in what the regulatory agency has laudably become today from what it used to be years ago. Thus, the same way there is value for investments in the industry is also the same way that there is value for subscription by the Nigerian subscribers.
Moreso, the NCC in its forward looking has developed the pillars of the National Digital Economic Policy and Strategy, (NDEPS 2020-2030), that would accelerate economic growth in digital literacy and skills. This, therefore, is in line with effective implementation of the Federal Government’s policy direction in repositioning the youth for the digital era of job opportunities through a programme tagged, Digital Job Creation for Youths (DJCY).
We therefore, call on investors, subscribers and other critical stakeholders to leverage on the liberal policies of the NCC in moving the telecommunication sector forward by offering their maximum co-operations.
