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New NCC boss commits to Tinubu’s vision on digital economy
New NCC boss commits to Tinubu’s vision on digital economy
The new Executive Vice-chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr Aminu Maida, says he will align its regulatory focus to achieve the Renewed Hope Agenda in the present administration.
Maida said this while interacting with NCC’s members of staff in Abuja on Wednesday.
He also said that he would align with the promises of President Bola Tinubu to advance the nation’s digital transformation agenda.
Maida, who spoke to the senior management team of the commission, said there was a need to ensure that the NCC strategically focused on ensuring all Nigerians’ access to affordable and reliable broadband services.
He said part of this was to ensure effective broadband infrastructure diffusion across the length and breadth of Nigeria.
The new telecom regulator paid tributes to his predecessors for their laudable roles in building a resilient telecom industry.
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The EVC said the pursuit of improved quality of service on the networks would be one of his priorities, as well as supporting the administration’s vision through the Ministry of Communications, Innovations and Digital Economy.
In his words, “Considering the fact that many people are going more digital and virtual in everything they do, the telecom infrastructure is now under much stress.
“President Tinubu’s vision emphasises the need to build more robust broadband connectivity that will not only facilitate seamless digital transactions but also serve as the bedrock for e-governance and other socio-economic initiatives.
“As such, we would align with this aspiration to increase broadband penetration to 70 per cent and to cover 90 per cent of the population by 2025.
“Therefore, we need to build a reliable telecom industry with impressive quality of service (QoS) indicators with quality of experience (QoE) as our watchword and ultimate goal.”
He said his tenure would address a number of issues such as the Right of Way (RoW) challenge, ensuring the security of telecom infrastructure, among others.
(NAN)
