Licence holders in the telecoms sector will be held more responsible for all of their actions moving ahead. This was said yesterday in Lagos during a conversation with journalists by Dr. Aminu Maida, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission. Using the event to present his proposal for the industry, Maida stated that it is now essential to reposition and advance the industry. The EVC, who celebrated his 100th day on the job yesterday, said that the NCC would be led by him and would prioritise cooperation, data-driven operations, compliance and oversight, and digitization.
Regarding compliance, Maida emphasised that operators must uphold agreements and stated that the commission would hold all industry licence holders accountable for all of their actions in the sector. Maida's statement coincided with the announcement from NCC that it has ordered MTN to halt Globacom's disconnection due to interconnect indebtedness. According to the NCC, MTN and Globacom have come to a resolution over the interconnect debt issue, whereby the former was supposed to disconnect the latter. This occurred yesterday, the same day that the Commission's 10-day pre-disconnection notification expired.