Aug. 19, 2021

The House of Representatives has directed the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) to provide details of turnover realised from all network operators from 2018 to 2020.

Rep. James Faleke, the Chairman, House Committee on Finance gave the directive at the ongoing public hearing on 2022 to 2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) on Thursday in Abuja.

Faleke said that this would enable the committee to look at their records and be able to determine if the revenue proposal for 2022 to 2024 would be good for the country.

Faleke said that the major problem facing the country was revenue generation, adding that the House of Reps would be more interested in how much government agencies could save.

He said that if the House of Reps discovered that any of the government agencies’ capital projects were unnecessary, they would be removed in a bid to get revenue for the country.

Some of the agencies invited for the 2022 to 2024 MTEF and FSP public hearing are Nigeria Port Authority, Nigeria Communication Commission, Nigeria Copy Right Commission, Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission.

Others are Nigeria Metrology Agency, Nigeria Postal Service, Federal Road Safety Corps, Nigeria Export Promotion Council, Nigeria Communication Satellite Ltd. among others.