{"id":73747,"date":"2020-05-29T18:30:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T17:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=73747"},"modified":"2020-05-29T18:30:33","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T17:30:33","slug":"again-ncc-absolves-minister-of-involvement-in-office-space-allocation-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/again-ncc-absolves-minister-of-involvement-in-office-space-allocation-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Again, NCC absolves Minister of involvement in office space allocation process"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m176007293004299934\" class=\"mail-message \">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has, again, clarified that<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m-4348689664620808512\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">the Hon. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali<br \/>\nIbrahim Pantami, was never involved in the process of offer of office<br \/>\nallocation to the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) at the NCC&#8217;s<br \/>\nCommunications and Digital Economy Complex located at Mbora District,<br \/>\nAbuja, as the public is being made to believe.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission reiterated this position in a press statement signed by<br \/>\nits Director Public Affairs, Dr. Henry Nkemadu, in which it made further<br \/>\nclarifications to the members of public and other stakeholders on the<br \/>\nsituation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For the avoidance of doubt, the Honourable Minister of Communications<br \/>\nand Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, was never involved in<br \/>\nthe offer to the office space, nor in the withdrawal of the offer for<br \/>\nsame office space.\u00a0 The Minister should not, therefore, be brought into<br \/>\nthe issue,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dr. Nkemadu, the decision to withdraw the offer of office<br \/>\nspace from NiDCOM was purely of the NCC, the custodian of the office<br \/>\ncomplex.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It should, however, be made abundantly clear that the withdrawal of the<br \/>\noffer of the office space, which was unconditionally given, in the first<br \/>\ninstance, to NiDCOM, was informed by exigencies and change in priorities<br \/>\nwithin the NCC, which led to the taking back of the office space earlier<br \/>\nallocated with intention of finding a suitable replacement for NiDCOM,&#8221;<br \/>\nhe said.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission, therefore, reiterates its confidence in the leadership,<br \/>\nperson and office of the Honourable Minister of Communications and<br \/>\nDigital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has, again, clarified that the Hon. 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