In recognition of MTN Nigeria’s commitment to regular payment of levy, the leading telecom firm on Tuesday won the award for “Industry Regulators Compliance” with NITDEF Levy at the NITDA eNigeria Conference 2018 held in Abuja.
The NITDA’s eNigeria Conference, which was declared open by President Muhammadu Buhari, was held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.
The event aims to accelerate access to digital products with emphasis on enhancing digital frontiers and positioning Africa as the largest single digital market by 2020.
Speaking at the event, the Director General/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Dr. Isa Ali Pantami, said NITDA as the prime driver of IT Development and Regulations in Nigeria, seeks to encourage and stimulate growth within Nigeria’s ICT ecosystem.
Commenting on the award, the Corporate Relations Executive, MTN Nigeria, Tobechukwu Okigbo, said, “It’s an honour to be recognized for our compliance. MTN Nigeria has always and will continue to strive for excellence by all standards.
“We do not take such awards lightly as they are recognition that the work we do is acknowledged and this motivates us to work even harder, especially in complying with regulatory stipulations.”
It will be recalled that MTN Nigeria recently won five awards for Telecom Company of the year, Social Impact, Digital Transformation, Customer Experience and Telecom CEO of the year, at the 2nd edition of the Nigeria Tech Innovation & Telecom Awards (NTITA), 2018 held in Lagos recently.