The NCC gave the theme of the 2013 edition of Telecom Stakeholders Summit as “Transforming a Nation with Broadband: Telecom as Instrument for Sustainable Development”.
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has says it was planning the maiden edition of an annual Telecom Stakeholders Summit in Nigeria.
Spokesperson to NCC, Reuben Mouka, gave the theme of the 2013 edition of Telecom Stakeholders Summit as “Transforming a Nation with Broadband: Telecom as Instrument for Sustainable Development”.
The Summit, he said, was designed to bring together, different stakeholders of the telecom industry to interact and discuss issues that affect them from their various perspectives and interests.
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, is expected chair the event, while his Ekiti State counterpart, Kayode Fayemi would present the Keynote, while Governor of Lagos State, Babatune Fashola is the Host Governor.
The Minister of Communication Technology, Omobola Johnson, was also to present a keynote at the event.
Some members of the National Assembly and top industry chieftains and experts, including service providers and consumers are expected at the maiden edition of the flagship telecom summit in Nigeria.
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Eugene Juwah, said the summit would provide veritable platform for interaction and sharing of ideas across different stakeholders, as well as providing an opportunity for appraisal of the performance of the industry, while projecting for the future.
He said the summit evolved out of the need to achieve a more inclusive consultation among the different stakeholders in line with the consultative approach to the Commission’s regulatory mandate.
The chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Summit and Director, Public Affairs of the Commission, Tony Ojobo, said the summit boasts of full representation of the key stakeholder the industry, including the consumers, the government at different levels, the investors, the service providers, the media, the financial industry and international telecom community.
He said the Summit promises to offer an opportunity for intense discourse about the industry, it potentials and its direction while also providing an atmosphere for relaxation and interaction between the diverse stakeholder segments of the industry, while sending a signal to the world about our unity of purpose, and huge potentials that abound in our country.
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