Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta has been given an award by the Nigerian Academy of Engineering (NAE) for supporting engineering activities in Nigeria.
The award was given to Danbatta, who was in Lagos to attend the 2021 Academy Technology Dinner/Lecture for his intervention in the production of engineering activities in the country.
Danbatta who spoke to technology writers after receiving the award from the President of NAE, Prof. Alex Ogedegbe said that over the years, the NCC as a government agency has played several intervention roles in the area of engineering technology in the country by helping to boost productivity.
According to him, the NCC has provided capacity building opportunities in engineering technology in high institutions across Nigeria saying that such support has helped to boost the economy of the country through the launch of engineering technology innovation.
The NCC boss who thanked the board of the NCC and members of staff of the Commission for their support assured Nigerians that the NCC would continue to give support to engineering technology in the nation’s tertiary institutions.
Danbatta stated that no part of the country should be denied access to telecoms, noting that the regulator would continue to monitor and enforce the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) issued to the telecoms operators as a measure of ensuring quality of services (QoS) and avoiding drop calls.
He disclosed that the NCC has the capacity to monitor the KPIs across the country, saying that in situation where the Mobile Network Operators in the provision of service fall short of the accepted standard of QoS, the Commission always draw their attention to the KPIs but that sanction is the last option open the Operator.
He however said that in the under-served areas, that the QoS is expected to be poor saying that the NCC is also mindful of the situations in the areas that are under-served and lacks economic viability.
****With Agency reports