Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami Tuesday launched and unveiled the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)’s 5-year Strategic Management Plan 2020 – 2024.
This development is in line with the directives of President Muhammadu Buhari to all parastatals and agencies of government under the supervision of a Ministry to ensure they are efficient and effective in service delivery to Nigerians.
The Strategic Management Plan (SMP) is aimed at creating a seamless strategy to actualise Digital Economy in the country and also leverage on the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy as well as the National Broadband Plan 2020 – 2025.
In his remarks at the event which held in the Boardroom of the NCC, Dr Pantami stressed the need for the commission to be focused on the implementation of the strategy.
He stated that President Buhari graciously approved the Ministry’s request to focus more on the promotion of a Digital Economy in an attempt to diversify Nigeria’s economy while maintaining that NCC as the regulatory body needs to drive developmental regulation in Nigeria.
The Minister identified the five (5) components needed in the implementation of a strategy as People; Resources; Structure; System and Orientation” and called on the commission to provide his office with a monthly report on progress made.
Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta in his address, explained that the roadmap was in line with the objective of creating a seamless strategy to augment the Commission’s effective management and regulation of the telecommunications sector.
He said the Strategic Management Plan will leverage on the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) as well as the new National Broadband Plan (NBP) 2020 – 2025 and will cover the guiding principles and act as the operations manual for the Commission towards actualising the digital economic agenda of the Federal Government in the next five years.
“Essentially, the SMP which was developed in-house with the authority of the Management and Board is a visioning document of the Commission for planning, monitoring, analyzing and assessment of the Commissions goals and objectives in the next five (5) years.
“It will be resident in the Corporate Planning, Strategy And Risk Management Department which will ensure that the contents of the document become the guiding principles for the Commission in the next five years,” he added.
The NCC had in announcing the launch of the SMP, noted that this was in line with the objective of creating a seamless strategy to augment the Commission’s effective management and regulation of the telecommunications sector.
Highlights of the event include Unveiling the SMP; Upload of the SMP on the NCC Website and; Unveiling of the “Face” of the NCC Strategy amongst others.
