The Analog foundation: One network, three regulators by Remmy Nweke - Telecoms Clinic@ITREALMS

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The proposed Digital Economy Bill is under heavy fire from industry experts who warn it risks regulatory collapse. In his Telecoms Clinic@ITREALMS, REMMY NWEKE posited that the draft law's failure to merge Nigeria's three regulators (NCC, NBC, NITDA) guarantees destructive inter-agency "turf wars" instead of economic growth. Nweke argues this approach is akin to building a "$1 Trillion House on an analog foundation."

Preamble:
The Nigerian government has an undeniably ambitious goal: to construct a $1 trillion digital economy, positioning it as the indispensable pillar of the nation’s future prosperity and diversification. This ambition is indeed laudable and necessary in the global digital age.

However, recent legislative maneuvers, particularly the highly controversial National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill, 2025 and its direct predecessor, the NITDA amendment bill, 2022; threaten not only to undermine this grand vision but to actively sabotage the entire enterprise before it can even gain momentum. The impending chaos is not a matter of poor execution, but of poor foundational design.