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The Federal Government has lauded the leadership of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for the remarkable strides of the agency that has earned spectacular international reputation for the country and placed the telecoms regulator in the forefront of the nation’s quest for forward looking national economic growth.

The was contained in a statement issued by NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka, on Tuesday.

According to the statement, the Federal Government through the Permanent Secretary,  Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. William Alo, stated this while receiving the management team of NCC, led by the Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar  Danbatta.

“So far so good. The entire country, and beyond, is fully aware of the strategic importance of the NCC as a regulating institution of the telecommunications industry in Nigeria. And, of course, we are aware today that between oil and communications, the latter is gradually taking over in the provision of revenue for the country as the nation strives to diversify the economy.

“Your efforts are generally felt in the economy. So when you talk of digitalization of the economy, the NCC and the operators are the first port of call,” he said.

Alo said the quality of service has improved tremendously over the past few years, adding that the commission deserves a pat on the back for what it has done in that direction. 

He asked  the leadership of the NCC to continue the good work and also strive to mend and bridge the infrastructure gap that may create a gap between the served and underserved communities in the country.

Danbatta, who provided a detailed briefing about the achievements of the commission and its efforts toward addressing all the challenges confronting the industry, intimated him with the key focus and targets of NCC through the  launched  Strategic Vision (Implementation) Plan SVP 2021 – 2025, which took into consideration, the provisions of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy 2020-2030, and National Broadband Plan 2020-2025.

He said the SVP, which streamlines all policies for a robust sectorial lifting and relevance, has five focus areas which include operational efficiency and regulatory excellence; facilitation of infrastructure provision for the digital economy; promotion of fair competition, inclusive growth and investment; improvement of quality of serve and quality of experience; and facilitation of strategic collaboration and partnership.

Danbatta listed successes recorded since 2015 in teledensity, broadband penetration, and significant contribution of the industry to the gross domestic product (GDP), that grew from 8.5 per cent in the 4th quarter of 2015 to 12.61 in the 4th quarter of 2021, as the sector also attracted over $2 billion in foreign direct investment over the period. 

The NCC chief executive listed some other key achievements of the commission under him to include the recent successful auction of 3.5GHz spectrum for 5G services, licensing of 7 fibre optics infrastructure providers, and adding up to 38,296 kilometers of fibre optic in the country.

Danbatta noted that access gap clusters in the country has been reduced from 217 to 114, to enable 15 million Nigerians have access to telecommunications services, and increase of fibre optics deployments from 47,000 kilometers to 54,725 kilometers.

He disclosed that the 3G and 4G Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) in the country has increased from less than 30,000 in 2015 to 53,460, while 7 VSAT gateway earth stations have been licensed to boost broadband penetration in the country.

Danbatta informed the new Permanent Secretary that the commission under him has also remitted N463 billion to the Consolidated Revenue Fund from 2015 to April 2022, while landing permits have been issued to 53 Geo Satellite Orbits space stations and 923 non-GSO space stations.

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