The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Ghana’s National Communications Authority (NCA) have restated commitment to deepening their bilateral cooperation in telecommunications industry regulation for improved services delivery in the two countries.
The industry regulatory agencies’ decision followed a successful two-day benchmarking and coordination visit by the NCC’s delegation led by NCC Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, Dr. Aminu Maida, to Ghana.
The NCC team’s meeting with their Ghanaian counterparts represented a significant step in advancing cross-border regulatory policy partnership, knowledge sharing, and regional harmonisation in line with global best practices.
During the visit, leaders of the telecoms industry regulatory agencies exchanged ideas on Quality of Service (QoS) monitoring, consumer protection, telecom infrastructure safeguarding, and cybersecurity — priorities critical to building resilient and innovation-driven telecom ecosystems.
The Acting Director-General of the NCA, Rev. Edmund Fianko, while welcoming the NCC delegation to his agency harped on the importance of sustained collaboration between Ghana and Nigeria with a view to enhancing telecoms services in the two countries to global best standards.
He stressed: “We must continue to set the tone for regional leadership, particularly on the international stage. Ghana is eager to partner with Nigeria on ECOWAS Roaming, cross-border regulatory monitoring, and capacity building to enhance regional integration.”
Fianko described his country’s collaboration with Nigeria as important given the volume of telecoms traffic and bilateral trade between the two countries.
In his remarks, the NCC’ boss commended the NCA’s telecoms regulatory initiatives, especially in real-time monitoring and managing market dominance
According to him, the NCC’s team visit is “not just because of what we’ve heard, but because of what we’ve seen — Ghana’s impressive regulatory infrastructure and innovation. Nigeria is ready to collaborate on ECOWAS Roaming and learn from Ghana’s experiences.”
Maida led the NCC’s team on tours of the NCA’s facilities, including the Communications Monitoring Centre (CMC), Network Monitoring System, and the Common Platform — a revenue assurance tool that enhances transparency across Ghana’s telecom sector.
As part o the collaborative initiative, both the NCC and NCA’s teams made paper presentations, which highlighted the key achievements of the regulatory agencies in recent times.
For instance, the NCC’s delegation made presentations on Nigeria’s NIN-SIM integration policy, the commission’s Incident Reporting Platform, and initiatives such as the Tariff Simplification Framework and the designation of telecom infrastructure as Critical National Information Infrastructure (CNII).
The team maintained that the initiatives had strengthened Nigeria’s regulatory environment and bolstered consumer protection.
On their part, the NCA’s team made presentations on the agency’s focus on regulatory innovation, data-driven oversight, and stakeholder engagement, all of which, they claimed had improved compliance and quality assurance across Ghana’s telecommunications industry.
To foster broader continental collaboration, Maida invited Ghana to become a member of the African chapter of the International Institute of Communications (IIC), now being formed.
At the end of the two-day intellectually resourceful interactive meetings, both the NCC and Ghana’s NCA leaders reaffirmed their commitment to pursuing joint regulatory initiatives, technical cooperation, and continuous knowledge sharing to achieve their shared vision of building inclusive, secure, and consumer-focused digital economies across the West African sub-region.
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L – R: Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida; and Acting Director General/CEO of Ghana’s National Communications Authority (NCA), Rev. Edmund Yirenkyi Fianko; during a two-day visit by the NCC’s delegation to Ghana
