The executive vice chairman of the commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, gave the assurance during a courtesy visit by a high-powered delegation of the Kano State judiciary to the chief telecom regulator at the NCC Kano Zonal Office, in Kano, at the weekend.
Addressing the delegation, Danbatta said that while the commission is doing everything within its regulatory mandate to enforce compliance among licencees as well as collaborate with stakeholders to protect telecom infrastructure, some individuals indulge in willful damage of telecom infrastructure, vandalism, telecoms facility theft, and fibre cuts, among other crimes.
He said these criminal acts conspire to degrade the quality of service in the country, and since the NCC has no prosecutorial power, the need to strengthen collaboration with the judicial arm of the government at all levels has become expedient. “NCC does not have prosecutorial power in criminal acts committed by the citizens and licencees which are inimical to the progress of the sector; and we appreciate the ways and manners such criminal cases are being dispensed by the judiciary. This is a testimony to the kind cooperation NCC has been enjoying from the judiciary,” he said.
“Therein lies the importance of the judiciary in the work that we have been assigned by the government to do. We very much appreciate this cooperation with the judiciary and we are committed to ensure that the cooperation grows stronger and stronger going forward,” he said.
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