The
Nigerian Senate on Tuesday confirmed Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta as the Executive
Vice Chairman (EVC) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Communications
Commission (NCC), reports ITRealms.
Director,
Public Affairs at NCC, Mr. Tony Ojobo who disclosed this in a press statement noted
that Prof. Danbatta was appointed in acting capacity by President Muhammadu
Buhari on August 4, 2015 following the expiration of the tenure of the
erstwhile EVC, Dr. Eugene Juwah.
According
to him, Prof. Danbatta had gone through thorough screening by the Senator
Gilbert Nnaji-led Communication Committee, the whole Tuesday hence they upheld Danbatta’s
appointment for the next five years in the first instance.
ITRealms recalls that hitherto, Prof. Danbatta was the Acting Vice Chancellor, Kano
State University of Science & Technology, Wudil. Born in Danbatta Local
Government Council of Kano State, Prof. Danbatta obtained his BEng, MSc degrees
from the Technical University of Wroclaw in Poland and his PhD from the
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) UK
respectively.
He
has served as a lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty
of Technology of 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. His main responsibilities, in
the university, included Deputy and Acting Dean of Students’ Affairs,
Administrator of the Works Department and later, Director of the Centre for
Information Technology (CIT).
He
was also a member of over 60 University committees and task forces, including
numerous stints as Chairman. In administrative and other responsibilities
outside the university, he has served on over 20 committees, prominent among
which was his Chairmanship of the implementation Committee of pioneer Deputy
and Acting Vice-chancellor when it took off in 2001. Prof. Danbatta has
supervised more than 60 PhD, MEng and BEng projects in diverse areas of
telecommunications.
He
has to his credit more than 50 articles in journals, conference proceedings and
technical reports. He is also the author of a six-chapter, 167 – page
book titled Element of Static Engineering Electromagnetics.
He
is a recipient of 18 distinguished awards and certificates of honour.
Prof. Danbatta has served two terms of five years as a Member of Council for
the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), and is also a COREN
registered Engineer and member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE).
He
was the Vice President of the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), International
Centre for Advanced Communication Studies, Kano campus, which was established
in the year 2004 by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to build
capacity for the Nigerian/African telecom industry in the diverse areas of
Information and Communication Technology (ICT). While at DBI, he has
developed expertise in the following major areas of ICT implementation policy.
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