The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it is mulling over the idea of introducing a framework to encourage ethical energy sourcing in the telecommunications sector.
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, disclosed this in a speech at a roundtable with the academia, industry chiefs and other stakeholders in Kano on Wednesday.
The theme of the event is “Refocusing academic research toward Alternative Clean Energy: Panacea to paucity of energy in the telecommunications industry”.
Danbatta said that the framework would serve as a guide for telecom service providers to adopt clean and sustainable energy sources, reducing their carbon footprints and contributing to greener future.
He expressed the belief that the policy would not only benefit the environment but drive innovation and create new business opportunities in the industry.
He, however, said that achieving this objective would require collaboration with the academia and other stakeholder, who are encouraged to contribute through research findings.
Danbatta said that the cCommission needed the expertise, knowledge and insight of the academia and other stakeholders to guide it in developing feasible alternative sources of clean energy that the industry can leverage for a sustainable energy supply.