The Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, spoke at the Anambra State Broadband Stakeholders Forum held VIRTUALLY.
According to him, the initiative of Facilitating Broadband Access in Anambra State through a Favourable Right of Way Regime could not have come at a better time. “The two Policy and Strategy require the inputs and support of key stakeholders such as the Federal and State Governments, MDA’s and the Private Sector. Indeed the policy and Strategy assigned responsibilities to relevant stakeholders.
“Right-of-Way charges, is a major limiting factor to the provision of broadband services in Nigeria, as it slows down network deployment with the cost of the limited capacities ultimately passed to the subscribers. “The Commission has always encouraged Governments to include Telecommunications infrastructure like ducts and others as they plan their cities and towns.
“I will not end this remarks without calling on the other state governors to emulate the two states that have entirely waived the RoW charges for Network operators. I also do urge His Excellency to be our advocate to his other colleagues to emulate their elimination of RoW charges.