Nigerian Communications Commission and the National
Broadcasting Commission, which are government parastatals, have pledged to work
more closely together in order to deliver the dividends of modern technology to
the Nigerian people.
This stand was indicated in a statement by the NCC which
regulates the communications industry while the NBC superintends the broadcast
sector of the country.
The Chief Executive Officer, NCC, Eugene Juwah, while
congratulating the new Director General of the NBC, Emeka Mba, who paid him a
visit, said that, NCC and NBC have always been sister regulators and our roles
will become more intertwined because of development in technology.
He noted that the importance of the regulatory
responsibilities of the two agencies made it overriding for them to always look
for avenues of cooperation so that important issues can be resolved before
being escalated to platforms like the Frequency Management Council, which they
both belong to.
The NCC boss also stressed the importance of the transition
from analogue to digital transmission; a process that should terminate in 2015,
according to the International Telecommunication Union timeline, but which he
observed is running very late in Nigeria.
He pledged the NCC’s commitment to the process while
declaring to render any assistance that may be required.
Mba also noted that as the country pursues the digitisation
process, it had become more expedient for the two agencies to create stronger
bonds so as to overcome every hurdle on the way.
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