NCC says it has not renewed operating license of Airtel Nigeria

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), says it is yet to renew the mobile operating license of Airtel Nigeria.
It will be recalled that he Managing Director of Airtel Nigeria, Segun Ogunsanya was said to to have stated that the mobile operating license of Airtel Nigeria has been renewed by the commission for another period of 10 years.
This clarification is made through a statement issued by NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, on Sunday, July 18, in Abuja.
According to Adinde, Airtel Nigeria had applied for the renewal of the Unified Access Service (UASL) License, noting that the application is still undergoing the required regulatory process.
The statement from NCC reads, ‘’The attention of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been drawn to a recent statement on an online publication credited to the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Nigeria, Mr. Olusegun Ogunsanya, to the effect that the mobile operating licence of Airtel has been renewed by the Commission for another period of 10 years.
‘’Mr. Ogunsanya was said to have made the statement while speaking in Lagos on Wednesday, July 14, 202, during the media launch of Airtel’s corporate social responsibility programme, ‘Touching Lives 6’.
‘’The Commission wishes to state that while Airtel Nigeria has applied for the renewal of the Unified Access Service (UASL) Licence granted to it by the Commission, the application is yet to be approved as it is still undergoing the required regulatory process.
‘’This statement is issued for the guidance of our stakeholders.’’