President Bola Tinubu has actually invited the launch of Airtel Nigeria’s Open Network effort, explaining it as a favorable action towards higher openness, customer security and enhanced telecoms services in Nigeria.
The effort, revealed in Lagos on Friday, 30 October 2026, at an occasion participated in by the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Aminu Maida, permits customers to gain access to details about network advancements in their locations and report service troubles straight to the operator.
President Tinubu stated the effort lines up with his administration’s dedication to motivating private-sector financial investment, broadening digital facilities, and making sure Nigerians take advantage of more trustworthy and available telecoms services.
He invited the growing focus on openness in the sector, consisting of the NCC’s public network protection maps, efficiency info and customer fulfillment studies, which assist Nigerians much better comprehend the services readily available to them and hold operators liable.
The president likewise highlighted the federal government’s current Zero-Rated Access to Educational Platforms and Content Initiative, carried out through the NCC in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Education and telecoms operators.
The program, created to supply qualified trainees with approximately 100MB of complimentary day-to-day information to gain access to authorized academic sites and discovering resources, shows his administration’s decision to make digital chances more available, especially to young Nigerians.
President Tinubu remembered his conference with the Founder and Chairman of Bharti Airtel, Sunil Mittal, at the State House, Abuja, in February 2025, throughout which he declared his administration’s dedication to producing a beneficial environment for telecoms financial investment, reinforcing the regulative structure and securing crucial digital facilities.
He invited Airtel Nigeria’s ongoing financial investment in network growth, which has actually seen its facilities grow from roughly 15,000 websites 2 years ago to more than 17,000 across the country.
The growth consists of more than 1,050 network websites included throughout the business’s 2025/26 fiscal year, consisting of 657 5G websites.
President Tinubu stated continual financial investment in telecoms facilities is necessary to broadening broadband gain access to, enhancing network capability, and supporting companies, education, and financial chances throughout Nigeria.
He applauded the NCC, under the management of Dr Maida, for its ongoing efforts to enhance regulative oversight, promote openness and safeguard telecoms customers.
The president prompted operators to sustain financial investment in network growth, especially in underserved neighborhoods, and make sure that consumer problems get prompt attention.
He stressed that the success of telecoms financial investment and development need to eventually be determined by the experience of Nigerians who depend upon these services for their incomes, services and daily interaction.
President Tinubu declared his administration’s dedication to preserving an organization environment that motivates accountable financial investment and development while making sure that customer interests stay main to telecoms advancement.
He got in touch with operators to equate their financial investments into much better network protection, less service disturbances and more responsive customer support for Nigerians.
Bayo Onanuga
Unique Adviser to the President
(Information & & Strategy)
October 30, 2026
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