Enforcement against Licensees Operating with Expired Licences
During the first quarter, the NCC carried out enforcement exercises, against Licensees, operating with expired licences, in Lagos, Kano, Jigawa and Rivers States. The enforcement efforts yielded the following results in those states:
Lagos
The offices of Xnet Security Technologies Limited was sealed.
The Company, also, ₦600,000, (Six Hundred Thousand Naira Only), as part payment of its Annual Operating Levy, (AOL), which total was ₦2,400,000, (Two Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira Only).
The Commission allowed that, the balance of the AOL, be paid within six months.
Jigawa
Galaxy Wireless was found to have an outstanding spectrum fees and National Numbering plan fees, of ₦3,850,000, (Three Million, Eight Hundred Andd Fifty Thousand Naira Only).
The Commission, then, commenced enforcement processes, against the company on March 6, 2019, however, because the company provide services to the Jigawa State Government, it sought the intervention of the Secretary to the State Government, (SSG), who requested NCC to stay of action for 2 weeks, to enable the company make arrangement for payment.
On March 12, 2019, the Company informed the Commission that, it had, fully, paid the outstanding fees.
Kano
Ihsan Hajara Ltd, by a letter dated September 21, 2018 requested the Commission to suspend its license.
Electronic Connections Ltd, forwarded the document requested ,by the Commission, which is the audited financial account for the years ended 2016, 2017 and 2018, thus, it was exempted, from the enforcement action, by the Commission.
The office of Aurora Wireless Ltd was locked and enforcement could not be carried out against it.
Rivers
On March 6, 2019, an enforcement team from NCC, visited Atlantic Geodynamics Nigeria, (Atlantic Fluid Services), Limited, in Port-Harcourt, for failing to fulfil its outstanding obligations, since 2017. It was observed that, the company no longer carried out ISP services.
The company claimed that, it had written to inform the Commission in 2017 of its closure and also, sent a correspondence to the Commission in October 2018 regarding its AOL obligation but noted that it was yet to receive a response from the Commission.
Consequently, since the company said it had stopped operation, the Commission’s enforcement team disconnected the company’s radio antennas. The Company was also requested to respond to the pre-enforcement notice, dated December 12, 2018.
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