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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has a new Director, Public Affairs (DPA). He is Dr. Henry Chukwudumeme Nkemadu.
His appointment, according to the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, is in line with the Commission’s policy of putting round pegs in round holes for optimum delivery of responsibilities especially now that the stakes are getting higher for the Commission’s regulatory oversight.
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The NCC has said the ICT is central to advanced virtual learning in medical care and learning and that is the reason NCC has been in the vanguard of propagating ICT education through deployment of equipment to School Knowledge Centres, Libraries, Community Resource Centres and other initiatives.
Shuaibu Swade, Controller NCC Kano Zonal Office stated this recently during an interactive session with the students and management of the School of Midwifery in Gworzo Local Government Area of Kano State.
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The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has said the Commission was gratified by the interest shown by Viasat in the ever-expanding telecommunication industry in Nigeria and he assured that NCC looked forward to working with the company to provide accessible and affordable broadband services to the Nigerian market.
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The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta has said the Commission in line with its mandate will continue to collaborate with the industry's stakeholders especially on the issue of cyber crime.
Danbatta reiterated this at the 88th Edition of Telecom Consumer Parliament with the theme ‘’Challenges of Cybercrime: The Role of the Telecoms Service Providers’’ which held yesterday in Abuja.
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The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive (EVC/CE) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta has declared that 119 million subscribers now access the Internet in Nigeria as at April 2019.
He made the declaration to emphasize that broadband services are transforming the way and manner people live, work and play, and in patterns and tempo humanity never witnessed before.
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