NCC returns to TV with weekly programme 

By Business AM 

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has returned to the tube with a newly packaged 30–minute weekly television programme that will regularly x-ray the Nigerian telecommunications and information communications technology (ICT) industry and provide awareness for telecommunication consumers across the country and beyond.

The weekly programme, tagged Telecom Weekly, debuted on NTA Network Services comprising more than 45 stations across the 36 states and Abuja on, Tuesday, January 10, 2023, at 5.00 p.m. All local NTA stations are expected to hook up to the programme at 5.00 pm every Tuesday.

The radio version of the programme airs on Thursdays at 8 p.m. on the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) Network, for simultaneous transmission to all states of the Federation with all the local FRCN stations expected to hook up during the weekly programme.

The programme is expected to add to the Commission’s share of voice on radio and television in a bid to provide stakeholders with timely information about developments and issues in the telecommunications industry.

User experiences, gathered through consumer-related events and vox pop, is expected to spice the programme to enable the cross-section of consumers of telecommunications services to learn from such experiences and apply them in the usage of their services.