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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Danbatta to mainstream ICT @ NIPS lecture


The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, is expected to mainstream Information and Communication Technology (IC) at the of 38th Senior Executive Course (SEC) of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPS), on Thursday, March 31, reports ITRealms.

Confirming this in a press statement to ITRealms, the Special Assistant to EVC on Media, Yakubu Musa said that Prof. Danbatta would be addressing participants of 38th Senior Executive Course (SEC) of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPS), on “Mainstreaming Information Communications Technology (ICT) for Poverty Reduction in Nigeria.”

The presentation expected to be an interactive session with course participants, Musa also noted that the NCC boss, who has been globally acclaimed for asserting the regulatory function of the commission, is anticipated to share his wealth of experience and tremendous intellect with the participants.

ITRealms gathered that participants of the course are top officials drawn from both the private and public sector, including military, para-military and civilians.

He recalled that Prof. Danbatta, who recently unveiled his 8-Point-Agenda aimed at taking the telecommunications sector to the next level, has supervised more than 60 PhD, MEng and BEng projects in the diverse areas of telecommunications and has also served as external examiner to seven universities and polytechnics.

Further, he noted that Danbatta is currently the Chairman of Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO).


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