NCC signs MoU with REA to provide, improve telecommunications, energy in rural communities

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, and the Rural Electrification Agency, REA, person entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to heighten collaboration betwixt Nigeria’s telecommunications and vigor sectors.

The MoU was signed during a high-level stakeholder store titled ‘Unlocking the Energy–Telecoms Nexus for Scalable Digital Infrastructure successful Nigeria,’ which took spot successful Abuja connected Friday.

This lawsuit convened elder authorities officials, telecommunications operators, operation companies, renewable vigor developers, financiers, improvement partners, and investors to sermon applicable strategies for expanding integer infrastructure done renewable vigor solutions.

In his opening Speach, the Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Dr Aminu Maida, noted that erstwhile a assemblage is provided with accelerated and reliable connectivity, it brings astir development, inclusion, and opportunities.

“Reliable energy and integer connectivity are not 2 abstracted improvement goals. They some stock mutually complimentary objectives that nutrient an inclusive and productive economy,” helium said

“A assemblage without powerfulness struggles to prolong connectivity infra...