Success Damian:
President Muhammadu
Buhari, last week confirmed a second five-year tenure for the EVC through the
recommendation of the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital
Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami.
In a letter to Prof.
Dambatta, the technology media body noted that the reappointment is indicative
of the fact that he had performed creditably well in his first tenure; and
therefore has become a call to continue in order to see his plans and
programmes to fruition.
According to the Chairman
of NITRA, Mr. Chike Onwuegbuchi, the first tenure has given yield to so many
notable achievements that have brought succour to consumers, sanity and growth
to the industry, revenue to the government and operational efficiency and ease
to operators.
Commenting on the
milestone achievements of the EVC, he further stated: “In the light of your
achievements with regards to reduction of RoW charges, lowering of the cost of
calls/data, universal telecom access which as you said is premised on three
‘A’s, Availability of service, Accessibility of Service, and Affordability of
service, among other initiatives, the reappointment is most deserving.”
Your reappointment has
come at a time when the industry needs consolidation and tidying up of your
noble initiatives. It also comes at a time when the nation and Africa as a
continent need to see the success of the National Broadband Plan (NBP), the
total digitization of the economy and the acceleration of the InfraCo model,
among other developmental efforts to grow the Nigerian economy through ICT.”
He commended the EVC
for constantly bringing to bear his academic and professional experience in the
running of the Commission, and in fostering growth in the sector.
Mr. Onwuegbuchi noted
that the reappointment of Prof. Danbatta will enable him to complete his plans
and programmes at the Commission, which include effective kick-off of the
InfraCo project, ensuring resolution and total compliance to the Right of Way
(RoW) agreement, steering the telecommunications sector post-COVID-19 period,
facilitating the realization of the set targets of the NBP 2025 and ensuring
universal access, among other initiatives.
NITRA assured the EVC
of the Association’s readiness to partner with the Commission in its mandate
and quest to grow the Nigerian telecommunications industry to an enviable
height.
The NCC boss was born
in Danbatta Local Government Council of Kano State, obtained his Bachelor of
Engineering, Master of Science, and PhD degrees from the Technical University
of Wroclaw in Poland, and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and
Technology, UK, respectively.
A Professor of
Electronics Engineering, Danbatta, took over from Dr. Eugene Juwah, whose
five-year tenure at the NCC ended July 28, 2015. Professor Dambatta, an
accomplished academic of repute, had served as a lecturer in the Department of
Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Bayero University, Kano, for 28
years, where he taught courses in Telecommunications Engineering, and Electronics
and held academic positions of Dean of the Faculty and Head of Department at
different times.
He also held high
profile administrative responsibilities, including Chairmanship of the
Implementation Committee of Kano State University of Science & Technology,
and subsequently became its pioneer Deputy, and Acting Vice-Chancellor when it
took off in 2001.
He had served two terms
of five years as a Member of Council for the Regulation of Engineering in
Nigeria (COREN), and also a COREN registered engineer and member of the
Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE).
Professor Umaru
Danbatta was also a member of over 60 University committees and task forces,
including numerous stints as Chairman.
The Nigeria Information
Technology Reporters Association (NITRA) is the umbrella association for
information and communication technology reporters in Nigeria.
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