The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has strongly condemned the flagrant violations of regulatory provisions by Information and Communications Technology (ICT) operators.
In response to ongoing non-compliance and persistent quality of service failures, the Commission has drafted stiffer, non-monetary sanctions to hold erring operators accountable.
NCC’s executive vice chairman, Aminu Maida, issued the warning amid widespread service lapses, including frequent outages, equipment malfunctions, and poor infrastructure maintenance by telecom tower companies and other ICT service providers.
These violations undermine the quality of Internet and voice services and threaten Nigeria’s growing digital economy.
Investigation shows that companies were unmoved by financial sanctions, violating regulatory provisions unabated and effortlessly paying the fine. Insider sources revealed that some companies even made monetary provisions for the fine in their annual financial statements, a move that the industry regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), frowned on.
