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The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) is seeking the collaboration of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to successfully hold the 2022 Information Communication Technology and Telecommunication (ICTEL) expo.
The “objective is to discuss with the management of NCC toward achieving the objectives of the 8th Edition of the ICTEL expo focusing on ‘ensuring efficient digital infrastructure in Nigeria,” as main theme, said LCCI’s Director, Trade Promotions, Seriki Oyediran, during a courtesy visit by the chamber to the NCC in Abuja.
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Oyediran acknowledged that the participation of NCC at the annual trade fair in the past years has added colour and focus to the success of previous events. He, asked the commission to partner with the chamber to sustain the success of ICTEL as an industry-focused expo.
NCC’s Director, Digital Economy, Dr. Austin Nwaulune, representing the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, stated that the theme of this year’s conference aligns with the NCC’s focus on facilitating infrastructural development and deployment to enhance development across sectors.
He said through the NCC, the federal government has established various policies such as the Nigerian National Broadband Plan (2020-2025), which is being vigorously implemented to improve broadband infrastructure across the country.
He assured that NCC was making efforts to ensure that the seven infrastructure companies (InfraCos) already licensed by the telecom regulator accelerated their infrastructure deployment across the six geo-political zones of the country.
NCC ‘sDirector, Consumer Affairs Bureau, Efosa Idehen, explained that the commission has evidently adopted an open-door policy and particularly through its consumer-centric initiatives. He stressed that the commission deems as strategic, collaboration with stakeholders whose programmes allow consumers to interact with the service providers.
“The NCC prioritises the consumers. We therefore see this forthcoming expo as another opportunity for the consumer’s voice to be heard as they interface with service providers. This is based on our regulatory mandate of ensuring that consumers of telecommunications services get value for their money and are treated right as critical stakeholders in the telecom ecosystem,” Idehen stated.
