The
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reiterated support for the West
African Telecommunications Regulatory Assembly (WATRA) in fulfillment of its activities
to the body of Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), reports
ITRealms.
The
Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) and chief executive officer of NCC, Prof. Umar
Garba Danbatta, gave this reassurance last weekend while receiving the
leadership of WATRA led by its Executive Secretary, Alhaji Maman Laminou in his
office in Abuja, assuring that they are welcome to the Commission any day
“Take
this place as your home”, Danbatta declared, adding that the NCC broadband plan
will cater for everybody including those in the rural communities, as the
Commission counts on leveraging WATRA’s expertise to actualise the recently
unveiled eight-point agenda whose focus is on the turnaround of the
telecommunications sector.
The
EVC further assured WATRA team that the National Broadband Plan (NBP) will be
pursued vigorously and that attaining the 30 per cent minimum coverage by 2018
is possible
In
his early remarks, Laminou on behalf of WATRA congratulated Danbatta on his
appointment as EVC of the NCC and pledged the support of WATRA to NCC at all
times.
Laminou
said that WATRA was in the process of harmonising the roaming activities of the
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with guidelines for a
seamless interconnection and roaming of telephone users in West Africa up the
stream in preparation.
He also
said this and many others will form discussions at the yearly general meeting
of WATRA planned for April, 2016.
Laminou
said that WATRA has been taking its activities to several member countries in
the last year or so. Some of these activities include Technology Conversion (in
Senegal) and has been involved in the campaign for infrastructure sharing among
operators. WATRA has also been involved in capacity building for members on
Quality of Service (QoS).
ITRealms
gathered that WATRA team was received by the EVC in company of the Director,
Public Affairs, NCC, Mr Tony Ojobo, Director, Human Capital and Infrastructure
Group, Hajia Maryam Bayi and Chief of Staff to the EVC, Mr Usman Malah among
others.
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