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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has named Princess Oforitsenere Emiko as Interim Chairman of the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI) Governing Board.
The appointment is part of the NCC’s strategy to reposition DBI for the next phase of Nigeria’s communications sector and digital economy.
Joining Princess Emiko as interim board members are Engr. Abraham Oshadami, Executive Commissioner for Technical Services, and Ms. Rimini Makama, Executive Commissioner for Stakeholder Management.
According to a press release signed by Nnenna Ukoha, Director of Public Affairs at the NCC, the interim leadership team will collaborate with DBI’s President/CEO, Mr. David Daser, and the board members whose terms remain active to drive the Institute’s transformation.
Established by the NCC in May 2004, DBI, the press statement explains, was created as a specialized centre for training in telecommunications and information technology.
“In the two decades since, the sector it serves has grown from telecommunications into a broad, fast-moving digital economy, one where technology now advances quickly enough to demand continuous specialized training, and where communications infrastructure has become a matter of national sovereignty and oversight,” the statement stated.
It adds that securing and advancing the future of communications and the digital economy is now a clear national and economic priority.
“That future also rests on Nigeria's young population,” it says, stressing that “With 70 percent of Nigerians under the age of 30, the DBI transformation is designed to empower young people, equip them with advanced technical skills, and close the capability gap that currently slows the pace of technology adoption across the communications sector and the wider digital economy.”
The repositioned Institute, ‘Newsmart’ learnt, will concentrate on five areas: Education and Training, Research and Development, Innovation, Economic Impact and Growth, and Emerging Policy and Regulation.
According to the press statement, the strategy has been shaped through engagements beyond the NCC and the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, including consultations with the Federal Ministry of Education and TETFund, the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, and the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI).
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