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| Dr. Jimson Olufuye |
Reacting exclusively to ITRealms
Online soon after the announcement ITAN’s The new National Executive Council (NEC)
of ITAN led by Mrs. Florence Seriki
declared him sacked from WITSA board as its vice
chairman and attendant allegations, Dr. Olufuye, said he is not in contention
to hands-off WITSA as he has done Nigeria proud to have pioneered since 2008 on
voluntary basis.
He cautioned the current leadership of ITAN led by Mrs. Florence
Seriki, to concentrate on building upon the foundations already laid, rather
than destroying what have been built.
He also described the steps taken so far by the present leadership
of ITAN as unpatriotic and reactionary, which depicts lack of respect, decorum,
civility and vision on the part of the current leadership.
On AfICTA, Dr. Olufuye refuted the claims that ITAN never agreed
to be part of the alliance, saying “AfICTA was part of a grand plan to
reposition Africa in the global ICT ecosystem just as my colleagues and I, had
the privilege to so reposition ITAN itself like never before.”
He emphasised the resolve to relinquish the role at WITSA, saying “I'm
not being paid to be Vice-Chair
of WITSA, it is a voluntary service for which I
had the honour of doing Nigeria proud having pioneered Nigeria's membership in
2008. I'm very much disposed to relinguishing that role even though I'm hearing
this from you. However, courtesy demands that she communicates with me on her
decision which she did not.”
Olufuye further advised Mrs. Seriki’s leadership in ITAN to focus
on how to make progress and take the association to the next level.
“I've served my term so I'm not in any competition. She would do
the industry well if she concentrate on progress by building on what has been
built rather than pulling what has been built down,” he counseled.
Remmy Nweke
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