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11 Danbatta to Receive National Productivity Order of Merit Award for Outstanding Contributions to Industry

Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), will be conferred with the esteemed National Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM) Award, among other notable Nigerians.

The announcement was made in an advertorial signed by the Director General of the National Productivity Center, Dr. Nasir Olaitan Raji-Mustapha, heralding Danbatta's exceptional achievements and significant contributions to the development and advancement of the Nigerian telecommunications industry.

12 Press Release: Telecom Sector contributes N2.508 Trillion to Nigeria’s GDP

The telecommunications and Information Services sector in Nigeria has in the first quarter 2023, delivered a handsome N2.508 Trillion in terms of financial value contribution to the nation’s gross domestic product, GDP, representing 14.13%.

Figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, showed that the sector recorded a 4.3% increase from its performance in the last quarter of 2022 when it recorded 13.55%. When compared year-on-year basis, the growth showed positive progression from 12.94% in the first quarter of 2022 , to the 2023 figure of 14.13, which is an approximate growth by 9.19%.

13 News Release: Danbatta Woos Investors at GITEX Africa on Nigeria’s Broadband Future

  The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof.

14 Press Release: Nigeria’s Telecom Access Gaps Drop by 53%

The number of identified areas of clusters across Nigeria without access to the telecommunications services has been reduced by 53.1 per cent as at the end of 2022.

The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, disclosed this at a recent telecoms industry stakeholders forum in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state.

15 News Release: Danbatta Receives APPON Award, Assures of Broadband Support for e-Procurement

The Association of Public Procurement Practitioners of Nigeria (APPON) has conferred the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, with the “Excellent Service Delivery and Accountability Award”.

The award was in recognition of Danbatta’s outstanding performance and contribution to the canons of the public procurement profession in Nigeria by ensuring that the NCC complies strictly with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act (PPA) 2007.