In
fulfillment of its statutory obligations, the leadership of the Nigerian Communications
Commission (NCC), has sent list of potential Six Commissioners and one Executive
Commissioner to the Presidency, reports ITRealms.
Presently,
there is only one Executive Commissioner (Technical Services) Engr. Ubale A.
Maska who has been working with the Executive Vice Chairman at the Commission,
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta.
Disclosing
this in Lagos at a one-day forum on Corporate Governance while responding to
question by ITRealms, the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice Chairman,
NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, said that a list has been compiled by his
office and forwarded to the Presidency for consideration.
He also
agreed that the appointment of these commissioners are essential and must cut
across the six-geo-political zones of the country in addition to the two executive
commissioners, would immensely facilitate the work of the Commission.
According to
him, it would be fool handy to be discussing corporate governance in a forum
like this without first of all ensuring that the NCC is in good standing in
line with the statutes setting up the Commission, hence the list has since been
dispatched to Presidency.
ITRealms gathered that the leadership of the
Nigerian Communications Commission by law should consist of nine Commissioners
made up of six Non-executive members, including the Chairman, representing each
of the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria and three Executive members, including
the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive and two Executive Commissioners.
He, therefore, urged corporate organisations within the
sector to ensure compliance because NCC is now taking the issue more seriously,
especially looking at Code of Corporate Governance for the telecoms industry
published in 2014.
As said by him, the Code consists of 12 principles and was
developed to protect the interest of investors and stakeholders in the industry
as well as promote time-valued principles of accountability, responsibility,
transparency, integrity and ethical conduct.
“No doubt, the Code has expanded the frontiers of
accountability in the operation of companies in the sector,” he said, emphasizing
however, that challenges still exist and cited for instance that the Code is
declaratory in nature and implementation was initially voluntary across the
industry, leading to violations.
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