THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has won the European Society for Quality Research (ESQR) award.
The Commission which is winning the award for the second year running, got the Platinum category award for Quality Achievements 2017.
This is “in recognition of its outstanding commitment, support and efforts to endorse and approve achievements in Quality Management.”
The award ceremony, which took place in London, United Kingdom recently, was a follow-up to the 2016 edition, where NCC won for Best practices. It held in Brussels, Belgium and NCC was rated in the Gold category.
The hosts, European Society for Quality Research (ESQR), an affiliate of the European Union (EU), had no fewer than 60 Countries participated in the award ceremony out of which the NCC won the European Award for Quality Achievement 2017.
The award was received by Mr Tony Ojobo, Director Public Affairs, NCC, on behalf of the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Professor Umar Garba Danbatta.
The NCC’s management style, impact on the community that it serves and the professional way it carries out its regulatory activities in supervising a sector that contributes immensely to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Nigeria, were some of the considerations for the award.
The organisers referred to investors’ confidence in the Nigerian Telecommunications sector as a result of the transparent regulatory activities of the NCC.
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