The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has stated it was committed to hit the 30 percent approved National Broadband Implementation Plan by 2018.
Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, said this on Wednesday at the Nigeria Digital Innovation Conference in Ibadan.
Speaking on the theme of the conference “Building a New Nigeria in Digital Economy: Policy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship’’ Danbatta, who was represented by Mr Reuben Muoka, NCC Head of Public Affairs, said that the plan was part of the 8-point agenda conceptualised for comprehensive national economic growth.
“We have witnessed the success of online shopping malls, online banking and other transactions in a way that it is being experienced in far more developed countries.
“We are supporting ICT innovations in our institutions of higher learning and among several youth organisations across the country, ’’ he said.
Danbatta said that the Commission had taken the agenda as its guide in measuring regulatory impact and aligning development agenda in the course of regulating one of Africa’s biggest telecom market.
The NCC boss also said that the toll-free 622 secondary consumer complaints initiative had been upgraded, adding that the success rate of resolution of consumer complaints on the platform had reached 75 percent.
“We have intensified our monitoring and compliance activities to achieve sanity and compliance to the rules of the game.
“We are in the process of introducing a mandatory corporate governance code to improve the level of integrity of the industry,’’ he said.
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