In the past four months, there has been uncommon media scrutiny of frequency spectrum sales and allocations by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Specifically, it involved allegations of underhand frequency dealings by officials of the telecoms regulatory agency.
The allegations were that the Commission, in less than one year, and during the tenure of Dr Eugene Juwah as chief executive officer, sold spectrum that belonged to the Nigerian Police to a private firm, Openskys Ltd at a price adjudged to be below value in comparative terms, and also sold another set of frequency to a private company, Smile Communications, without due process and at a price also argued to be below par.
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