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The Chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), Mr. Gbenga Adebayo, has praised the exceptional leadership of the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta. He also commended the NCC's commitment to quality regulation, attributing the success of the telecom industry in the country to the regulatory environment it enjoys.

Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission,

The Association of Public Procurement Practitioners of Nigeria (APP

Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), will be conferred with the esteemed National Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM) Award, among other notable Nigerians.

The announcement was made in an advertorial signed by the Director General of the National Productivity Center, Dr. Nasir Olaitan Raji-Mustapha, heralding Danbatta's exceptional achievements and significant contributions to the development and advancement of the Nigerian telecommunications industry.

The telecommunications and Information Services sector in Nigeria has in the first quarter 2023, delivered a handsome N2.508 Trillion in terms of financial value contribution to the nation’s gross domestic product, GDP, representing 14.13%.

Figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, showed that the sector recorded a 4.3% increase from its performance in the last quarter of 2022 when it recorded 13.55%. When compared year-on-year basis, the growth showed positive progression from 12.94% in the first quarter of 2022 , to the 2023 figure of 14.13, which is an approximate growth by 9.19%.