Left: Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Communications Commission and Dr. Dasuki Arabi, Director General, Bureau of Public Service Reform, during the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony to strengthen collaborations between the agencies at the NCC’s Head Office in Abuja

 

By Ngozi Onyeakusi—The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta and the Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), Dr. Dasuki Arabi, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly work towards accelerating the digitisation reform process in government.

Disclosing this in Abuja Danbatta said the collaboration between the two organisations is consistent with NCC’s Strategic Vision Plan (SVP) to partner and collaborate with relevant stakeholders.

He noted that the MoU will enhance efficiency and productivity as it adequately captured the roles of enabling policies and implementing institutions, which are key features of digital transformation. He also said the Commission will continue to drive broadband penetration, which provides the backbone upon which such process will thrive. According him, “It is for this reason that the Nigerian National Broadband Plan document, made adequate provisions for the deployment of broadband infrastructure across the country. It is this same infrastructure that will drive services that will result in the transformation of governance as well as the key services sector in the economy,” he said.