The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced the 2nd Edition of its Village Square Dialogue (VSD) takes place Thursday, May 26, 2022, in Kano State.
This multi-stakeholder consumer outreach programme formed part of its strategies to enhance telecom consumer conversation.
NCC, in a notice via its corporate Web site, dusclosed that the forum would hold at the School of Basic Midwifery, in Danbatta Local Government Area of Kano State at 11:00 a.m.
The regulator said: “The Commission will host the 2nd Edition of Village Square Dialogue with the theme, ‘Protection of Telecom Infrastructure for Improved Quality of Service: The Role of Residents’ (meaning in Hausa: Kare kafefen sadarwa don inganta amfaninsu: Rawar da al’umma zasu iya takawa)
NCC said the VSD is a version of the Telecom Consumer Conversation (TCC).
NewsBeatng had reported that the NCC recently convened the maiden edition of the grassroots-oriented consumer engagement programme at the in the 92-year-old Centenary Hall, adjacent the palace of Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, Okukenu IV, the Alake of Egbaland, in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Oba Gbadebo, represented at the forum by Chief Samuel Tanimowo, Oluwo of Ake, Egbaland, applauded the regulatory strides of the Commission in ensuring accelerated growth of telecoms sector, and as a flagship enabler of Nigeria’s prosperity.
Barr. Adeleke Adewolu, Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management (ECSM), had led a delegation of NCC staff to the state where the Commission organised the maiden edition of the Village Square Dialogue, in Abeokuta.
The Commission stated the Village Square Dialogue series is “specially conceived by the NCC to interact with telecoms consumers at the grassroots for the purpose of sensitising telecoms consumers through information sharing, education and advocacy on telecommunications-related issues.
NCC added “Importantly, the forum provides opportunity for telecom consumers in the rural areas to make contributions to the governance process of the telecom ecosystem, and to equally engage their service providers to resolve complaints.”
