The Senate, on Tuesday officially confirmed Prof. Umar Garba
Danbatta for reappointment as the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) and Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
He was confirmed during plenary on Tuesday, following the
consideration of the report of Senator Oluremi Tinubu-led Senate Committee on
Communications.
Recall that Danbatta had appeared before the Senate
Screening Committee a week ago and gave impressive accounts of his stewardship
as the country’s chief telecoms regulator in the last five years.
This was after he was nominated for reappointment for
another five years by President Muhammadu Buhari early last month.
Danbatta’s first appointment to head the agency was on
August 4, 2015 and he was subsequently confirmed by the Senate on November 25, 2015.
With the Senate confirmation, Danbatta will now continue in
his position over the telecommunications industry for another five years as he
works towards fast-tracking the current administration’s agenda on digital
economy development.
The Communications’ sector Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
contribution has increased from 8.50 percent in 2015 to over 11 per cent
currently, with a lot of digital activities taking place in all the sectors of
the economy due to the increase in broadband penetration, Internet usage,
number of access to telephone and several other initiatives by the NCC under
Professor Danbatta.
The EVC will be looking to consolidate the achievements of
his last past five years in charge of the Communications agency by focusing on
broadband penetration, consumer protection and empowerment, efficient resource
utilisation, and facilitation of fibre infrastructure deployment.
Recall that the NCC recently unveiled its major achievement
between January 2019 to April 2020.
The Commission disclosed that ninety eight percent of the
total service-related complaints received from telecoms consumers within a 16-month
period under review was successfully resolved.
It said it was committed to ensuring the improvement in the
Quality of Service, QoS, and Quality of Experience, QoE, for the nation’s over
190 million telecom subscribers amid the Coronavirus pandemic.
The Commission said the complaints were received through all
its official channels of communication.
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