In keeping with the Commission’s standards of being transparent with all stakeholders including the media, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) held an elaborate meeting with media houses in which publisher of TheNewsGuru, Mideno Bayagbon was present.
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TheNewsGuru reports the Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Professor Umar Garba Danbatta spoke with media chiefs and news editors from both traditional and online media organisations.
Issues discussed by the NCC EVC at the event, which also hosted TheNewsGuru Group Managing Editor, Jewell Dafinone, bothers on the current strides, activities and challenges of the Commission towards improving telecom services and broadband deployment in the country.
In this opening speech, Prof. Danbatta expressed his appreciation for the quality and quantity of media coverage in the telecom industry which has helped highlight Nigeria as a prime location for investment in Telecoms services.
Danbatta spoke on the milestone achievement the NCC had reached by licensing four Infrastructure Service Providers (Infracos) and noted that a report by the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) showed that Nigeria’s broadband penetration had reached 22% with 30% being the target set by the National Broadband Plan by 2018.
He added that a World Bank study had concluded that a 10% point increase in fixed broadband penetration would increase GDP growth by 1.21% in developed economies and 1.38% in developing ones.
Also speaking at the event was the NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Mr. Tony Ojobo, who thanked participants for their continuous and accurate coverage of the Commission’s activities and empathized the importance the Commission lays on its relationship with media practitioners who continuously help promote the activities of the NCC to the general public and International Community.
At the event which held in Lagos yesterday, it became known that the acquisition of 9mobile by Teleology Holdings Limited is not guaranteed after it had made a non-refundable deposit of $50 million for the acquisition of the Nigeria’s fourth largest mobile operator.
