The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently convened a pivotal workshop for the Attorneys-General of Nigeria’s states, focusing on emerging challenges and collaborative regulation within the communications sector to accelerate the country’s digital transformation.
Under the theme, “Building and Driving Synergy in Regulating Communications for the Digital Transformation of Nigeria,” the workshop sought to identify regulatory gaps and strengthen coordination mechanisms across federal and state levels to enhance Nigeria’s communications framework.
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, outlined critical issues confronting the sector, including the burden of multiple taxes and levies from various government levels, rampant destruction of telecommunications infrastructure, and overlapping regulatory authorities.
He stressed the urgent need for unified action and collaboration among stakeholders to confront these challenges and improve regulatory effectiveness, thereby fostering socio-economic growth.
Dr. Aminu Maida, Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of the NCC, underscored the necessity of a Whole-of-Government approach. He emphasized leveraging collective institutional strengths to achieve seamless regulation. Key workshop topics included reviewing the Nigerian Communications Act, tax harmonization, resolving regulatory overlaps, and safeguarding Critical National Information Infrastructure (CNII).
Participants are expected to implement strategies promoting synergy in communications regulation, such as harmonizing legal and policy frameworks, establishing a Federal-State regulatory coordination forum, standardizing Right of Way (ROW) policy enforcement, jointly protecting infrastructure, and consolidating digital taxation systems.
This initiative underscores the NCC’s commitment to fostering a closer partnership with the legal community, aligning regulatory practices with Nigeria’s national development goals, and steering the communications sector toward a digitally empowered future that delivers broad socio-economic benefits.
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