Opening remarks by the Executive Commissioner Stakeholders Management of the Nigerian Communications Commission at the Public Inquiry on Three(3)Regulatory Instruments held on October 5,2021 at the Conference Hall, NCC Headquarters,Abuja
Protocols.
Adewolu
I am pleased to welcome our distinguished Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive
Officer (EVC/CEO), Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, the Executive Commissioner,
Technical Standards, Engr. Ubale Maska, Directors, Deputy and Assistant Directors
here present as well as other colleagues and External Stakeholders at this Public Inquiry. The Public Inquiry is an avenue that enables the Commission develop and review its regulatory instruments by incorporating the comments and suggestions of industry stakeholders.
This process ensures that the regulatory instruments issued by the
Commission are in consonance with the best practices in the industry.
Accordingly, the Commission has decided to review three key and important regulatory instruments: (a) The Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulation, b) the SIM Replacement Guidelines and (c) the Spectrum Trading Guidelines. The objective of this Public Inquiry is to engage Stakeholders as part of the rule-making process set out in Section 70 of the Nigerian Communications Act 2003. We believe that this is a vital ingredient in not just developing instruments, it also gauges the implementation efficacy
of existing instruments that are undergoing review.
The draft of all the regulatory instruments Regulations have been published on the
Commission’s website and comments from all Stakeholders have been received and reviewed. Notwithstanding this, we hope to receive more comments from stakeholders, which would ensure that the final regulatory instruments will guide and guarantee the progressive development of the industry.
In view of this, we look forward to your deliberations and comments, which I am sure, would further enrich the output of the regulatory instruments.
Thank you.
Barrister Adeleke Adewolu
Executive Commissioner Stakeholders’ Management
Nigerian Communications Commission
