Section 3: Establishment of the Commission

(1) There is established a Commission to be known as the Nigerian Communications Commission with responsibility for the regulation of the communications sector in Nigeria.
(2) The Commission shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, capable of suing and being sued in its corporate name, and shall have the power to do the following-
(a) enter into contracts and incur obligations;
(b) acquire, hold, mortgage, purchase and deal howsoever with property, whether movable or immovable, real or personal ; and
(c) do all such things as are necessary for or incidental to the carrying out of its functions and duties under this Act.
(3) The Commission shall be structured into departments as the Board may from time to time deem appropriate for the effective discharge of its functions.