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| Omo-Ettu, ATCON president |
The umbrella organization of telecommunications firms in the
country, the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has
once again drummed support for the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA) forum on
Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) for 2012 with its endorsement.
This was affirmed by the Executive Secretary, ATCON, Mr.
Ajibola Olude at the weekend.
Olude in a letter dated February 2, 2012 stated that he was
pleased to convey the approval of the National Executive Council (NEC).
He also outlined some of the support to be given by ATCON to
include that DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA) has the backing of ATCON on all
documents and publications for the conference.
Olude promised that the Nigeria DigitalSENSE forum on
Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) for 2012 would be broadcast among
ATCON members.
While assuring the organizers that the ATCON president, Mr.
Titi Omo-Ettu, has advanced plans to give a goodwill message at the event, he
noted that the association would send its mementos to the event as show of its
endorsement.
Reacting to the endorsement, the Executive Director,
Operations at DigitalSENSE Africa, Mrs. Nkemdilim Nweke applauded the
leadership of ATCON for its prompt endorsement of the event within a short-time
of its proclamation and advised other stakeholders to join forced with DSA as
the issue of positive use of the Internet, especially for the sake of Nigerian
youth, whom she said are the ones to make or mar cashless economy.
For her, the Nigerian youths could make the cashless economy
recently introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) or mar the system,
mostly when they refused to be guided properly.
She recalled that youthful online entrepreneur, Mr. Japheth
Omojuwa, has advanced plans to speak at the 2012 edition of the Nigeria
DigitalSENSE Africa forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D).
She also disclosed that Omojuwa, a public analyst of
economic issues on television, radio and new media, would be discussing
Internet and Social Media as a tool for development, at this year’s annual DSA
forum on Internet Governance for Development, to be held in Lagos, between
March 8 and 9, 2012 at Golden Gate, Ikoyi-Lagos.
Remmy Nweke
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