Abstract

This paper examines the influence of telecommunications and communications policies, strategies and regulatory frameworks on Nigeria’s digital revolution. It argues that development in the telecommunications and communications sectors of the Nigerian economy have been phenomenal and that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has continued to discharge the Commission’s mandate, especially in facilitating broadband deployment, which is central to diversifying the Nigerian economy and building national development in line with the National Digital Economy agenda. It concludes that the communications industry, under the leadership of the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, will experience more quantum leap and retain its current leadership role in the telecommunications space to lead Nigeria into the next level of development.

Key Words: Telecommunications Policies, Communication Policies, Regulatory Frameworks, Digital Revolution

About the author

*   Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, Ph.D., is a Professor of Telecommunications Engineering and the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission. He earned his BEng. and MSc degrees from the Technical University of Wroclaw in Poland and received his PhD from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). He is a Fellow, Nigerian Society of Engineers (FNSE); Fellow, Nigeria Academy of Engineering (FAEng); Fellow, Renewable and Alternative Energy Society of Nigeria (FRAES) and Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (FIEEE).

#   Keynote Address at the 2nd International Conference of the Association of Media and Communications Researchers of Nigeria (AMCRON), 1st -2nd December 2022.

^JCMR Journal of Communication and Media Research, Vol. 15, No. 1, Special Issue 3, July 2023, pp. 1-5

© Association of Media and Communication Researchers of Nigeria (AMCRON).

Article Citation

Danbatta, U. G. (2023). Influence of communication policies on digital revolution in Nigeria. Journal of Communication and Media Research, 15 (1, SP.3): 1-5

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