The Pensions Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has added 9,125 ex-workers of the NITEL/MTEL to the monthly pension payroll after twenty five years of uncertainty post-privatisation of the firm. PTAD Executive Secretary, Mrs Sharon Ikeazor, who stated this at the weekend, added that the inclusion of these ex-workers to the payroll was in fulfillment of President […]
Over 22, 000 ex-employees involved The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has commenced the verification of over 22,000 employees of Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and its mobile arm MTEL with the aim of paying them their pension arrears. The Executive Secretary of PTAD, Mrs. Sharon Ikeazor, disclosed this in Enugu, while declaring open the NITEL/MTEL […]
The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has started the verification of more than over 20,000 pensioners of Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL). The pensioners on the platform of under the Defined Benefit Scheme (DBS), also included those of NITEL’s mobile subsidiary, MTEL. According to NAN, the exercise started on Monday in Enugu, Lagos and Port Harcourt […]
Stakeholders in the country’s telecommunications industry have expressed their reservation on the ability of NATCOM the new owners of Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and its subsidiary Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTEL) to revive the distressed national carrier. This is coming as fallout of the recent approval given by the federal government to hand over NITEL/MTEL facilities […]
The liquidated assets of Nigerian Telecommunications Plc (NITEL) and Nigerian Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTEL) have been formally handed over to new private sector owners in Abuja Tuesday. Vice President Sambo stated during the formal handover ceremony that Nigeria would not attain the desired economic growth without adequate reforms and liberalisation of the telecommunications sector. He […]
After fourteen years and five failed attempts to sell the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited, the Federal Government on Tuesday finally handed over the beleaguered first national telecommunications company to new core investor, NATCOM Consortium. At a ceremony attended by notable persons in the privatisation circle, the Bureau of Public Enterprises handed over instruments of ownership and […]
The National Broadband Council led by the Minister Of Communications Technology, Dr Omobola Johnson, have approved the building of fibre optic cable landing points in four coastal states to be funded by the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) which will assist in widespread diffusion of high capacity internet bandwidths around the country. The Federal Government […]
Oluwakemi Babatunde is a fish trader based in Epe, a small town about 40 Kilometers from mainland Lagos. She’s been in the fish trade for ages, having learnt the ropes from her mother who was also a fish trader, with clients in diverse places that include Lekki and Ajah in Lagos. Babatunde says that today, […]