The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Lagos Business School of Pan-Atlantic University at the weekend hinted on their plans to partner for the purpose of developing customised capacity building interventions and overhauling of existing training courses offered by the LBS to address critical areas of needs of the Commission’s human capital development.
The commission’s Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, stressed the imperative of such collaboration during a visit of an LBS delegation led by the School’s Director, Executive Education, Victor Banji, to the Commission’s Head Office in Abuja.
The NCC’s Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management, Adeleke Adewolu, accompanied by senior management staff of the Commission, received the LBS delegation on behalf of the EVC.
Addressing the visiting team, Adewolu said the commission had been constantly conducting staff training as part its strategy to build managerial and technical skills required to manage the ever-dynamic telecoms regulatory environment in Nigeria.
Adewolu noted that while LBS had been a training partner of NCC over the years and currently provides some classes of capacity building to staff of the Commission, it had become necessary to expand the training scope by ensuring that other customized programmes that target specific needs of Commission’s human capital are designed by the School jointly with NCC team to meet strategic objectives and enhance the relationship of the two organisations.
Among the areas of interest to the Commission are courses on performance appraisal management, policy formulation and execution, risk management, technical report writing, telecoms-related training, tariff and competition management, as well as basic training on policy formulation and implementation, social media training, audio-visual editing, among others.
The Executive Commissioner said: “I thank the LBS for its collaboration with NCC over the years in the area of human capital development. However, we expect that LBS will work with NCC to see how we can collectively overhaul the existing courses and bring new course to NCC’s attention which we would, in turn, subject to our training need analysis (TNA).
“This may result in a review of our existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) towards making our relationship much stronger and more mutually beneficial,” Adewolu added.
Speaking on the purpose of the visit to the commission, the LBS team’s leader said the business school wished to serve as a strategic capacity development partner to NCC for its teaming staff; revisit LBS’ existing MoU for necessary enhancements; as well as offer corporate governance, board leadership and management development programmes to enhance corporate effectiveness.
Banji also commended the NCC for its role in ensuring effective digital transformation in Nigeria.
He said: “As the Commission responsible for creating an enabling environment for telecom operators and allied stakeholders in the industry, as well as ensuring the provision of qualitative and efficient telecommunications services throughout the country, NCC has earned a reputation as a foremost telecom regulatory agency in Africa.”
