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The Nigerian Communications Commission received the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) ‘Approved Employer Professional Development Award at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja on 9th May, 2018. This Award is in recognition of the continuing professional development opportunities provided by NCC to its staff that are members of ACCA.
While presenting the Award to Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO NCC; Thomas Isibor, the Country Head, Association of Chartered Accountants, Nigeria, stated that ACCA ‘Approved Employer’ Award is awarded to NCC in recognition of its high standards of staff training and development.
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The Management of the College of Education, Nsukka paid an appreciative visit to the Nigerian Communications Commission’s Headquarters on 8th May 2018.
The Management of the institution said that they visited NCC to express appreciation for the infrastructure support of Wireless Cloud System Network installed by NCC for the enhancement of e-learning.
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The Executive Vice Chairman/CEO Nigerian Communications Commission, Professor Umar Garba Danbatta was crowned with the Distinguished Friend of the Media Award by the Nigerian Union of Journalists.
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Nigerian Communications Commission held a Stakeholders’ forum study on level of competition in the Nigerian Telecom Industry on 2nd May 2018, at Digital Bridge Institute, Cappa, Oshodi, Lagos.
The Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, who was represented by Josephine Amuwa, Director Policy Competition & Economic Analysis, NCC, said in her opening speech, that the Commission in the exercise of its regulatory functions as provided for in Nigerian Communication Act (NCA), 2003, engaged a consultant KPMG Professional Services to conduct a Study on the Assessment of the Level of Competition in the Nigerian Telecommunications Industry in 2013. The outcome of that assessment resulted in the definition of relevant market segments and a determination of dominance in some of those market segments.
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The Nigerian Communications Commission, on 25 April, 2018, at the Digital Bridge Institute, Cappa, Oshodi, Lagos, held a STAKEHOLDERS FORUM ON NATIONAL ROAMING AND ACTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE SHARING.
Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman, NCC, who was represented by Austine Nwaulune, Director Spectrum Administration, Department of NCC, in his welcome address said the NCC’s commitment towards ensuring the continued growth and development of the telecoms industry, inaugurated an Industry Working Committee in 2017 to work out the procedure and modalities for implementing National Roaming and Active Infrastructure Sharing.