The Executive Commissioner in charge of Technical Services
at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Bashir Gwandu is now the
current chairman of the Commonwealth ITU Group (CIG).
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| Dr. Bashir Gwandu |
ITRealms Online
gathered that Dr. Gwandu was unanimously elected as chairman by the meeting of
CIG at Marlborough House in the United Kingdom, in response to his nomination
to the membership by the outgoing chairman of the CIG, Dr. Bruce Gracie, the
Canadian Special Advisor for International Organizations, Industry Canada,
Canadian Regulator.
This change of baton comes after a five-year duration of Dr.
Gracie who took over the leadership of CIG from Mr. Malcolm Johnson, formerly
of Ofcom –the UK Regulator.
With this election, Dr. Gwandu is the chairperson of the
Commonwealth ITU Group, thus leading the representatives of the 54-Member
Commonwealth countries at the ITU, and also, the Chairman of
Radiocommunications Advisory group of the ITU (the RAG).
Gwandu has co-incidentally, is following the footsteps of
Dr. Gracie who was previously chairman of the RAG, as well as CIG.
ITRealms Online
recalls that Gwandu was formally proclaimed Chairman of CIG after the World
Radiocommunications Conference (WRC-12) which concluded on February 17, 2012.
With 54 member countries, the Commonwealth ITU Group has
continued to exert significant influence in the telecom arena and within the
ITU.
ITRealms Online
also recalls that recently, the 54 member African countries of similar size led
by Gwandu carried the day when they requested for 700MHz Frequency Spectrum
Allocation at the WRC-12 to enable African governments to create Jobs, improve
quality of services, and bridge the digital divide between the developing
countries of Africa and the developed countries of Europe.
This, industry watcher noted is that Nigeria is now clearly
building solid ground at the International ICT arena and has growing potential
to influence decision of international ICT institutions that affect daily
lives.
Remmy Nweke
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