…As Maida pushes wholesale fibre market to unlock Nigeria’s digital economy
Nigeria’s broadband infrastructure has expanded to every state of the federation, but the absence of a transparent wholesale fibre market is preventing operators, businesses and millions of Nigerians from fully benefiting from the country’s growing digital network, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said.
Aminu Maida, executive vice chairman and chief executive officer of the NCC, said the country’s broadband challenge is no longer the absence of infrastructure but the inability of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and other operators to gain fair and cost-effective access to existing fibre networks.
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Maida, while speaking during a panel session at the BusinessDay 2026 CEO Forum, said Nigeria’s broadband challenge has evolved from deploying fibre infrastructure to creating a transparent wholesale access market that allows more operators to utilise existing networks, expand
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