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NCC Ranked Highest by Public Service Reforms Bureau

In the midst of a civil service somewhat in need of sweeping reforms, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has scored the highest marks obtainable as measured and graded by the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) in its reported just made public.    According to a statement issued in Abuja by the Director of Public Affairs of the NCC, “very strong business organisational structure, policies and practices that facilitate effective and efficient service delivery were some of the high points the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) considered before naming the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) tops in institutional work processes in the country.”

The statement said the Director-General of BPSR, Dr. Joe Abah presented the report and a  plaque to the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, at the NCC Headquarters in Abuja, on April 3, 2017.

In arriving at this conclusion the BPSR D-G also listed accountabilities and responsibilities for set Standardised Operating Procedure (SOP) manuals of the Commission’s 19 departments.

Accurate measurement of Responsibilities and Performance assigned to staff were the parameters for the evaluation of the Commission.

In terms of governance, the Bureau said “NCC strategic objectives are prioritized for potential impact using standardised principles including the balanced score card”.

NCC’s understanding of stakeholders needs and contributions are quite robust.

The Bureau said NCC’s vision, strategy and impacts complement other sectors organizational direction, adding that:

  • Staff can articulate what the Commission wants to achieve, its role and purpose;
  • Strategy is considered by the management team regularly throughout the year because;
  • NCC has a sense of where it is going and how it should get there.

The Bureau also rated NCC very high in procurement processes saying the Commission “has adequate systems, processes and experienced personnel responsible for executing its procurement activities in line with extant provisions of the Public Procurement Act”.

The Bureau also commended the establishment of NCC central store at Mbora, Abuja where all procurement records are archived electronically from loss.

The Bureau also listed in its report that “NCC demonstrates that formal performance management processes are clearly understood, constantly applied and seen by all staff to be a valuable activity, that individual performance targets are clearly assigned with the team, business unit and overall organizational performance targets”.

The NCC statement said that the report presented to Prof. Danbatta by Dr. Abah “took 15 months to go through evaluation during which period the BPSR team had a meeting with the Human Capital Department (HCD) team of NCC. Based on the approval of the EVC, the evaluation of the work processes took place thereafter whereby top management, senior and junior management staff were nominated to assess the work processes of the Commission under nine main areas covering 117 questions supervised by officials of BPSR.”

After the BPSR presentation, the EVC of the NCC, Prof. Danbatta, said as someone from the academia, he is very conversant with empirical analysis and criticisms and welcomed the Bureau’s report.

These bring out the best of the situation.  He thanked the Director General for this rare show of professionalism by making the presentation himself. This conclusion by BPSR has further justified NCC’s position as a foremost regulator in Africa whose robust regulatory activities are based on international best practices.

On the grey areas of Quality of Service, Prof. Danbatta said that the Commission will leave no stone unturned to ensure that Quality of Service improves.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that define Quality of Service, have been put in place for Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) assessment.  The result of the assessment in the Q1 2017 has shown improvement in Quality of Service.

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