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The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta has assured of the Commission’s commitment in consistently complying with its fiscal responsibilities as enshrined in the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2007 (FRA 2007).
Danbatta stated this while receiving a delegation of MTN Communications led by its Group President, Rob Shuter, who paid a courtesy visit to the Commission’s Head Office in Abuja on Thursday, July 25, 2019.
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The rapid broadband penetration expansion of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) under the leadership of its Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, has attracted a special recognition from home state, writes Yakubu Musa.
Prof Umar Garba Dabatta, the erudite Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is a much decorated man. Even before he became the chief regulator of the Africa’s biggest telecommunications market, the professor of telecom engineering had already been a recipient of 18 distinguished awards and certificates of honour.
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VIDEO: Consumer education will minimise exposure to cybercrimes - NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has stated that a multi-stakeholder approach where all necessarry stakeholders within the telecommunications ecosystem play their respective roles will help in minimising Internet users' exposure to the risks and dangers of cybercrime.
Felicia Onwuegbuchulam, Director, Consumer Affairs Bureau at NCC, stated this during the 108th edition of the NCC's Consumer Outreach Programme (COP) held at the Imo State University, Owerri.
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Ethel Igboeche, Financial Secretary of Advertising Practitioners Association Abuja Chapter (APAAC) yesterday led other members of APAAC Executive Council to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to thank the Commission for its patronage and to ask for more support.
Just as the Industrial Revolution of the19th Century impacted the social and economic order, the Fourth Industrial Revolution expressed in digital transformation has had astonishing and challenging impact on advertising revenue, media production and sustainability.
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The Director General of the National Institute for Pharmaceuticals Research and Development (NIPRD), Dr. Peter Obi Adigwe, has said that NIPRD and NCC need to collaborate to build a data base to harness the research by all those working in pharmaceutical area, so that prospective investors can access such data base easily.
Adigwe, who spoke extensively to establish the basis for collaboration between NIPRD and NCC based on the latter's 8-Point Agenda, was speaking during the courtesy visit he paid to the Commission in appreciation of the support NCC had earlier offered and to discuss areas of more concrete collaboration.