Mobile subscribers hit 210m in August —NCC

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that more than 210 million Nigerians had  been active mobile subscribers in Nigeria as at August 2022 with a teledensity of 109.99 per cent.

The Executive Chairman of NCC, Professor Umar Dambatta, stated this recently at the NCC Day at the 43rd Kano International Trade Fair, in Kano State.

Dambatta, represented by the Deputy Director, Consumer Affairs of the commission, Mr Banji Ojo, said that Internet subscribers in the country had exceeded 152.2 million with a broadband penetration of 44.56 per cent.

According to him, “Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is not the only fastest growing industry but it is also an important enabler of innovation and development.

“The telecommunications sector is a strategic driver of the digital economy especially in the activities of small and medium enterprises across Nigeria and beyond.”

He said that the commission had embarked on digital literacy training for entrepreneurs across the six-geopolitical zones of the country.

ALSO READ FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE 

• ‘Dinosaur Experience’ Awaits Politicians Banking On Rigging In 2023 —Mike Igini, Ex-REC

• VC Raises The Alarm As New Students Test Positive For Drugs

• Adebutu Opens Guber Campaign, Accuses Ogun Govt Of Plunging State Into Debt

• APC Has Spoilt Christmas For Nigerians — Ayu

• FLICKERS: Charlatanism At Chatham House

• GIBBERS: All Eyes On Ekiti Tribunal

He added that the aim was to equip small-scale business owners with the requisite skills and generate ideas for the development of products and services that could be exported.

Also in a remark, the Interim Chairman of the Kano Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KACCIMA), Alhaji Ahmed Aminu, commended the NCC for promoting the telecommunications industry.

Aminu said that the 43rd Kano Trade fair was organised to enhance commerce and industry and also to showcase the talents and products of SMEs, with the aim of boosting the economy.