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The Minister of Communications, Honourable Adebayo Shittu, yesterday said the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has impeccably deployed social media networks for public communication and urged all stakeholders to emulate the Commission to expand the frontiers of public sector communication, good governance and national development.
Shittu's voice was amplified by Abdulaziz Mashi, the Permanent Secretary of Federal Ministry of Communications and all stakeholders who met at a 2-Day Seminar on SOCIAL MEDIA FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE SEMINAR: LEVERAGING ICT FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, held at Treasure Suites and Conference Centre in Abuja.
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The Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) secretariat, a department of NCC created under the Nigerian Communications Act (NCA) 2003 to support the provision of ICT services in unserved and underserved areas of Nigeria, commenced in the North East Zonal stakeholder engagement workshop in Yola
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The Nigerian Advancement Awards, an organisation that prides in identifying with achievers to celebrate their successes, yesterday honoured the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Professor Umar Danbatta, with the “Integrity in Public Service” Award.
The award was conferred during the 5th Edition of the annual Nigerian Advancement Awards ceremonies which took place at the International Conference Centre, Abuja under the theme: Strengthening our Democratic Framework - The Roles of the Government, Institutions and Citizens.
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The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta has called on governments and other stakeholders to work in tandem with the NCC to deal with the challenges militating against better service quality in the telecom sector. These challenges include multiple taxation, vandalism and refusal of appropriate authorities to approve Right of Way (RoW) for the deployment of fibre and ancillary infrastructure.
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Director Public Affairs at the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Tony Ojobo, was yesterday honoured with a distinguished Fellowship Award by the African Festival of Art and Culture, AFAC.
A delegation lead by the Director General of AFAC, Mr. Joseph Ibe, presented the award to Ojobo at the NCC Head Office in Abuja.