Prof. Umar Danbatta says diligent implementation of various telecommunications policies, strategies and regulatory frameworks has continued to enhance the nation’s capacity to deepen citizens’ access to digital resources. 

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta says diligent implementation of various telecommunications policies, strategies and regulatory frameworks has continued to enhance the nation’s capacity to deepen citizens’ access to digital resources. 

Danbatta in a keynote address at a two-day International Conference of the Association of Media and Communication Researchers of Nigeria stated that communication policies are essentially blueprints and strategies, marked by plans for the development of Information and Communication Technology in a way that nudges people to harness opportunities of the Fourth Industrial Revolution through the embrace of digital culture across sectors by individual, businesses and institutions.

He explained that, through diligent implementation of telecommunication policies, the media and entire field of mass communication have been impacted through innovations.