President Buhari appoints new CEO for telcoms regulatory body

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August 4, 2015 5:32 PM

The new NCC Chief Executive’s other academic qualifications include a Bachelors Degree in Electronic Engineering and Telecommunications as well as a Masters Degree in the same field.

NCC headquarters

A statement by Presidential Spokesman, Femi Adesina, said the president has approved the appointment of Umaru Danbatta as the new Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC.

His appointment as Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC will last for five years per his first tenure.

Mr. Danbatta holds a Doctorate Degree in Electronic Engineering and will be taking over from Eugene Juwah whose tenure expired on July 29, 2015.

Juwah had been controversially appointed by the outgoing administration for a second tenure before the expiration of his first tenure.

The Premium Times reports that Danbatta is a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers and has had a meritorious career in which he rose to become Professor of Electrical Engineering and Electronics at Bayero University, Kano, specializing in Telecommunications Engineering and Information and Communications Technology.

According to th report, Danbatta held top management and leadership positions at different times including Head of Department, Dean Of Faculty, Director, Centre for Information Technology, Chairman of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (Kano Branch), Deputy Vice Chancellor and Acting Vice Chancellor before his new appointment.

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