Danbatta Bags Telecom Man Of The Year Award

Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO Nigerian Communications Commission, received the Telecom Man of the Year Award at the Nigeria Tech Innovation & Telecom Awards (NTITA) 2017 held recently in Lagos

Speaking to Newsmen after the Award, Prof. Danbatta, stated that, reputation they have achieved thus far, was through hard work, through flexibility and the way and manner they have regulated the industry, through attainment of targets they have deliberately setup for themselves.

He added, that they were able to achieve this reputation, through engagements with stakeholders in the industry, in the way and manner they develop frameworks, guidelines and as well as how they issue directions.

He noted, that these were the three ways they regulate the industry and that they normally do this conscious of the effects these would have in the stability of the industry and the resilience of the industry as well as in the prosperity of the country, by ensuring that they take all factors into consideration, which they hope would culminate in the social and economy transformation of the country as well as Nigerians in general.

Prof. Danbatta, also stated how the commission hope to achieve more than 30% broadband in 2018, “Well by Dec 2018, so we are looking at one year virtually, and I will like to leave it to Nigerians to watch and bear witness to the various initiatives that would be putting in place in order to ensure that we hit the target,

“I don’t want to preempt what we are going to do but I hope, when I speak to you this time in 2018 you will bear witness to what we have done.”

He also stated Plans the commission has to review the broadband plan, “As you are aware, the Nigerian broadband plan has been designed for the years 2014 to 2018 and as with most plans, this one too has a life span and as with most plans there’s a period for a review, monitoring and evaluation is an important component of any plan, especially a strategic one like the Nigerian broadband plan.

“I believe that the ministry of Communications is about to put a review process in motion, that would culminate in a hub, providing forces to muscle the answers that would arise from the implementation of the plan and I hope this will result in establishing areas where we need to do more, maybe in another plan,

“Many areas of the plan may been accomplished but this will require a review committee to look at the plan and to come out with what exactly is the level of the implementation of the plan and what do we need to do more perhaps in another plan.” He stated

NCC also went home with the “Consumer Initiative Project of the Year Award” and the “Regulator of the Year Award” at the Nigeria Tech Innovation & Telecom Awards (NTITA) 2017.