Telecoms regulator wins European Quality Achievement award

Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), the telecommunications regulator in Nigeria has been recognised in Europe and has been awarded with the European Society for Quality Research (ESQR) award for the second time.

NCC got the platinum category award for Quality Achievements 2017, which was said to be “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 in Brussels, Belgium and was rated in the Gold category.

The hosts, European Society for Quality Research (ESQR), an affiliate of the European Union (EU), had about 60 countries participating in the award ceremony, out of which the NCC won the European Award for Quality Achievement 2017.

The award was received by Tony Ojobo, Director Public Affairs, NCC, on behalf of  Umar Garba Danbatta,  Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), NCC.

Ojobo said in a statement that “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 telecommunications regulator.

The ESQR convention in Brussels, Belgium yearly gives awards to selected organisations, public administrations and companies from Europe, Asia, the Americas, Africa and Australia in recognition of their outstanding commitment and results in quality management strategies.

Top companies, public administrations and organisations which excel in their services/products and continue to push the limits of quality with innovations received the European Award for Best Practices 2016 for their hard-work and achievements in the presence of the International Business Community.