The House of Representatives will amend the Nigerian Communications
Commission’s (NCC), act to put a stop to the menace of unsolicited
messages among the subscribers of the telecommunication companies
operating in the country, says Chairman, House Committee on
Telecommunications, Saheed Akinade- Fijabi
Akinade- Fijabi disclosed this in Ibadan adding that the NCC
amendment Act has passed through the second reading saying that “there
are a lot of amendments in the NCC Act but the major one is on the
unsolicited messages”.
The lawmaker said the amendment of the Act “will serve as a legal
back up in order to sanction any erring telecommunication companies”.
According to him: “Am facing the kind of what you facing , I buy
recharge cards just like you, it is affecting us also, but I want to
assure you that we are working to stop unsolicited messages, there are
a lot of amendments on the NCC Act especially on the unsolicited
messages, the amendment has passed through the second reading”.
Featuring at the South-West Group of Online Publishers (SWEGOP), media
chart on Wednesday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capita,he pointed out that
the major amendment on NCC Act is that of the unsolicited messages,
after it has been passed and the President gives his assent, it will
serve as sanction to defaulter”.
“You see recently NCC fined MTN, that is part of what we have been
doing. When passed, and the President assents, then we can sanction
the defaulter.
Speaking on the role he played during the emergence of Yakubu Dogara
as the Speaker of the house in 2015, Akinade-Fijabi said there is
nothing with what he did in order to protect the mace being break or
taken away by angry members on that day.
He said he stills believes that Leader of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila
is still his leader contrary to insinuations that he betrayed the
party by supporting Dogara instead of Femi Gbajabiamila.
Akinade-Fijabi said the house has empowered the Ethics Committee to
forestall such ugly incidents that happened during the period of
Patricia Etteh, Dimeji Bankole and recently in 2015 which lead to the
emergence of Dogara where members embarked on free-for all battle.
