Buhari I + IIExecutive Vice-Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission· 4 August 2015 — 3 August 2023
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta
EVC for two terms. Oversaw NIN-SIM linkage and 5G spectrum auction.
The record
Umar Garba Danbatta presided over the NIN-SIM linkage rollout from December 2020 and the 5G spectrum auction of 13 December 2021 — won by MTN and Mafab Communications at $273.6m each per slot.
Sources
- NCC — 5G Spectrum Auction Report, December 2021
Methodology
Tier 1 · primary
Courts. Gazettes. National archives.
Tier 2 · corroborating
OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.
Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged
Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.