By Frank Momoh
The Nigerian Communications Commission on Sunday said the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Ibrahim Pantami,
will tomorrow Tuesday 23rd unveil the Commission’s 5 year Strategic Management Plan (SMP) (2020-2024)
The virtual launch is slated for 10 am, will be hosted by the EVC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, the Chairman of the Governing Board, Prof. Adeolu Akande and senior management team of the Commission.
The Commission affirms that this is line with the objective of creating a seamless strategy to augment its effective management and regulation of the telecommunications sector.
According to the Commission’s Director of Public Affairs, Dr. Henry Nkemadu, in a statement said the SMP that will be unveiled that day will leverage on the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) as well as the new National Broadband Plan (NBP) 2020 – 2025 Roadmaps.
The plan will cover the guiding principles and act as the operations manual for the Commission towards actualising the digital economy agenda of the Federal Government in the next five years, he added.
Essentially, Nkemadu, said the SMP which was developed in-house with the stamp 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.
According to him, 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 said: “The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, will unveil and launch the NCC Strategic Management Plan (SMP) 2020 – 2024 supported by the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the NCC, Professor Adeolu Akande and the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta.”
The event which holds in the Boardroom of the Commission has highlights including:
Unveiling the SMP,
Upload of the SMP on the NCC Website and;
Unveiling the “Face” of the NCC Strategy amongst others.