Why consumer must be focus of NCC in 2018
Success Damian: Questions of consumer welfare within the telecommunications ecosystem have been raging for so many years in Nigeria. Ideally, this led to the formation of the Consumer Affairs Bureau which is one of the key departments of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). It was created in September 2001 by the Commission through the provision of Chapter VII of Nigerian Communications Act (NCA 2003), in particular, Part I of the chapter deals with Consumer Protection and Quality of Service. For purposes of enlightenment, consumers of telecommunication services who are dissatisfied with services rendered to them by any of the Service Providers have a right to seek redress. A dissatisfied Consumer should first contact the Service Provider whose service or product he/she is dissatisfied with to lodge a complaint. In the event that the complaint is not satisfactorily resolved by the Service Provider, the Consumer can escalate the complaint to the Commissi...