Okatakyie Ababio Boakye Danquah II (M) with some officials of NCA and members of the DRC
The National Communications Authority (NCA) yesterday inaugurated an eight-member committee to help with the speedy resolution of disputes in the electronic communication industry.
According to the NCA, the Dispute Resolution Committee (DRC), established by law under the Electronics Communications Act (Act 775) is part of the dispute resolution avenue of the Authority and not a replacement of its complaint centre.
The eight-member committee is chaired by Patrick Boateng, a former lecturer with over 30 years experience in the telecommunications space.
Other committee members include Prof. Mark Adom Asamoah, STEM policy advisor and coordinator of the Reform Delivery Unit at the Ministry of Education and the former Provost of the College of Engineering at the KNUST, Member of Parliament for Juaben and former Deputy Minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Ama Pomaa Boateng and Dr. Jemimah Nunoo, former technical advisor in charge of media and strategic communication at the office of the President,
The rest are Prince Harry Christal, a broadcast engineer, a member of the National Media Commission as well as an Executive member of GIBA, Kofi Owusu Nhyirah, a lawyer, Kusum Appiah, Head of Digital Transformation Delivery Unit at the Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation, Golda Sowah Adjei Deputy Director Administration Division and Nana Adwoa Adobea Asante.
Okatakyie Ababio Boakye Danquah II, Board Chair of NCA, who swore the members into office at the headquarters of NCA in Accra said the Committee which also has a statutory tenure of office would use avenues outside the adversorial court system to amicably solve disputes using industry knowledge and the rudiments of businesses as well as the needs of stakeholders.
He also charged the committee members to discharge their duties guided by the tenets of the 1992 Constitution and the standards of high moral character.
Committee chairperson, Mr. Boateng thanked the NCA for the confidence reposed in them and assured them of the committee’s readiness to work with diligence, speed, transparency, focused on the interest of the customers.
Director General of NCA, Joe Anokye, said he was hopeful that the Committee would be able to resolve the industries disputes amicably on time.
By Ebenezer K. Amponsah
