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Nigeria has emerged as chairman of the West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA) by a consensus of all the parties concerned.
This unanimous decision was reached after several virtual and physical engagements by the Assembly with the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, supported by the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Garba Danbatta.
The Nigeria Communications Act (NCA 2003), by default, bequeaths the power of representation at international fora on the Minister as the sector’s supervisor and national policymaker. That makes Dr Pantami chairman of WATRA.
Similarly, the nomination of the candidate for the position of Executive Secretary also met with resounding success as Engr Aliyu Aboki emerged the winner of a keenly contested election involving six countries.