NCC wins European Quality Achievement Award 2017
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has again won the European Society for Quality Research (ESQR) award. The Commission which is winning the award for the second year running also won the Platinum category award for Quality Achievements 2017.
This is “in recognition of its outstanding commitment, support and efforts to endorse and approve achievements in Quality Management”.
The 2017 award ceremony which took place in London, United Kingdom recently was a follow up to the 2016 edition where NCC won for Best practices and rated in the Gold category in Brussels, Belgium.
European Society for Quality Research (ESQR), an affiliate of the European Union (EU), hosted no fewer than 60 Countries in the award ceremony, out of which the NCC won the European Award for Quality Achievement 2017.
Mr. Tony Ojobo, Director Public Affairs, NCC, received the award on behalf of the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta.
The NCC’s management style which has impacted positively on the community that it serves and the professional way it carries out its regulatory activities in supervising a sector that contributes immensely to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Nigeria were some of the criteria for the award.
The organisers referred to the investors’ confidence in the Nigerian Telecommunications sector as fallout of the transparent regulatory activities of the NCC.
The ESQR convention in Brussels, Belgium yearly gives awards to selected organisations, Public administrations and companies from Europe, Asia, the Americas, Africa and Australia in recognition of their outstanding commitment and results in quality management strategies.
Top companies, public administrations and organisations which excel in their services/products and continue to push the limits of quality with innovations received the European Award for Best Practices 2016 for their hard-work and achievements in the presence of the International Business Community.
