Nigerian Communications Act, 2003 🇳🇬

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Nigerian Communications Act, 2003

Published in Official Gazette supplement 62 on 19 August 2003
Commenced on 8 April 2003
[This is the version of this document as it was at 31 December 2002 to 18 August 2003.]

An Act to establish the National Frequency Management Council and the Universal Access Fund and to reform the Nigerian Communications Commission and repeal the Nigerian Communications Commission Act, 1992; and for related matters.

Chapter I
Objectives, Application and Scope

1. Objectives of the Act

The primary objective of this Act is to create and provide a regulatory framework for the Nigerian communications industry and all matters related thereto and for that purpose and without detracting from the generality of the foregoing, specifically to-

(a)promote the implementation of the national communications or telecommunications policy as may, from time to time, be modified and amended;

(b)establish a regulatory framework for the Nigerian communications industry and for this purpose to cr…

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