Stakeholders in Nigeria’s telecommunications sector gathered in Abuja on Monday, January 19, as the Nigerian Communications Commission presented a new spectrum roadmap designed to reshape the country’s digital landscape over the next five years.
The National Spectrum Roadmap 2026–2030 was unveiled at a stakeholders’ consultation forum, outlining the Commission’s plan to ensure transparent and predictable spectrum regulation to support Nigeria’s growing digital economy.
According to reports, the Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Aminu Maida, said the roadmap also includes guidelines for opening the lower 6-gigahertz (GHz) and 60-GHz licence-exempt bands. Maida was represented at the forum by Atiku Lawal, Head of Spectrum Administration at the Commission.
He explained that the initiative is aimed at improving quality of service nationwide by encouraging investment, fostering innovation, expanding access, and strengthening regulatory certainty.
“Our national ambitions are growing. We want faster speeds, wider coverage, better service quality, stronger innovation and greater inclusion.
“This roadmap creates a transparent and predictable regulatory environment that supports these objectives”, Maida said.
The NCC boss noted that the guidelines for the lower 6-GHz and 60-GHz bands would unlock new capacity for high-speed, affordable, and reliable connectivity across the country.
“Spectrum is behind everything digital we do. Though invisible, it is indispensable to mobile, broadband, satellite, emergency, and smart technologies”, he said, adding that every video call, online class, digital transaction, and connected device in Nigeria depends on spectrum.
Maida said the Commission is preparing the country to meet future data demands across homes, campuses, businesses, healthcare facilities, and public spaces.
Also speaking at the event, Executive Commissioner for Technical Services at the NCC, Abraham Oshadami, emphasized that spectrum resources must serve every community. He said the engagement reaffirmed the Commission’s commitment to expanding wireless broadband through foresight, fairness, and alignment with national development goals.
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