The Executive Vice Chairman, EVC, and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has said the role of public-private
The EVC also reiterated that the Commission is committed to continuously engaging relevant stakeholders, both in the public and private sectors, in the country and beyond, in order to ensure that appropriate infrastructure befitting a modern digital economic system is available in the country.
The NCC boss was the keynote speaker at a panel session during a two-day 2021 virtual conference and exhibition on Information Communication Technology and Telecommunications, ICTEL, organised by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI He noted that the concept of Public PPP has become one of the commonly used model of collaboration among stakeholders to fast track socioeconomic development whether at the global, regional and national levels.
“The collaboration between ITU and UNIDO, thus, represents a very important commitment from global organisations to deliver measurable and sustainable solutions within countries, towards achieving the SDGs, with a focus on ‘infrastructure, industry and innovation,’ through a PPP arrangement.
“Therefore, to meet future challenges, our industries and infrastructure must be upgraded by evolving an enduring PPP model that services all the sectors of the economy. Objectively, the high level of infrastructure deficit and its attendant effect on socio-economic development in Nigeria explains government’s concern and search for an alternative means of providing infrastructure for the Nigeria’s teeming population.
The Commission has also continued to enhance existing infrastructure through the licensing of a category of private sector players known as Infrastructure Companies , who are to deploy fibre optic cable on a wholesale basis across the country with broadband Point of Access in each of the 774 Local Government Areas of the country.
“Besides, the NCC is renowned for its tradition of engaging in robust stakeholder consultation on the development of its various regulations and policy initiatives. The Commission consistently engages private sector organisations, in clear expression of its PPP philosophy, to carry out specific tasks, notably, in carrying out cost-based studies, whose outcomes have been used by the Commission to improve regulations and policy decision that have far-reaching positive implications on the economy.
“These include multiple taxation and regulation, Right of Way issue, vandalism, poor electricity supply, and lately worsening insecurity. All of these factors affect both the tempo and quality of infrastructure rollout by the private sector licensees, who are the main engine of growth in the telecom sector. These challenges also affect the quality of telecom services and by extension the Quality of Experience of telecom consumers.
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