In line with His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR) directives to Ministers-Designate during the closing ceremony of the presidential retreat to ensure that all agencies under the supervision of a ministry are efficient and effective in service delivery to Nigerians.
The Next Level Honourable Minister of Communications, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami FNCS, FBCS, FIIM today summoned the management of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to brief him on the progress made in the implementation of the Short-Term Performance targets set for the commission.
It would be recalled that early last month, the result-oriented Minister directed the commission to bring to an end the issue of sales of improperly registered SIM cards; stem the tide of and sanction illegal deduction of the data of subscribers and also work towards the downward review of the cost of data and ensure compliance with the maximum 2% call drop rate directives to telecom operators.
After been briefed by the commission, Dr Pantami immediately charged the commission to use its authority as the telecom regulators and speedily address the issue of illegal deduction of Data of Nigerians, stressing that NCC is all about protecting the consumer and Nigerians are complaining daily about the menace.
The Minister also said, “Nigerians are worried about poor Quality of Service (QoS), there is constant agitation daily on the Social Media Platforms, there is a need for improvement".
The commission also tabled challenges of the operators which includes vandalism of telecom infrastructures, hooliganism, multiple taxations among others and used the opportunity to call for the swift intervention of the energetic Minister to address the issues.
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