To Make Telecom Sector World Class- NCC Launches 5-Year Plan

NIGERIA - The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has launched a five-year (2013 to 2017) Strategic Master Plan (SMP) that will improve and increase the level of investments in the nation’s telecommunications sector.

During this period, the telecoms regulatory body will improve on its regulatory mandates.

An adjustment of the commission’s now reads: “To support a market-driven communications industry and promote universal access,” while the new adjusted vision reads: “To be a responsive world class communications regulatory organisation.”

Public Affairs Director, NCC, Tony Ojobo, said the new vision and mission are predicated on the dynamic nature of the industry today.

The overarching principle behind the new mission and vision, he said, is “to promote an information rich environment that can compete globally through the provision of quality communications service”.

A statement from the NCC said the formal unveiling of the plan by the Executive Vice Chairman, NCC, Dr. Eugene Juwah, was the culmination of over 12 months of industry consultations in a process managed by PriceWaterHouseCoopers (PwC) with a cross section of the industry stakeholders and employees of the commission making inputs at various stages of its articulation.

Juwah said the new SMP would serve as a roadmap for the future, taking into consideration the current and emerging trends in the industry, and the numerous expectations of diverse stakeholders.

He stated that the SMP was a living document, which must be consulted regularly to ensure that the commission was on track towards achieving the objectives that had been collectively articulated.

“A robust SMP like ours has many purposes such as ensuring the alignment of day-to-day work to the Commission’s strategy; prioritizing programmes and projects to achieve NCC’s goals and objectives; ensuring optimal use of NCC’s resourses; providing objective basis for performance monitoring and management, and meeting the Commission’s vision and mission”, he said.

Juwah chaired the presentation of the plan by PWC to the senior management employees of the commission, before handing over to the Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management, Okechukwu Itanyi.