The Nigerian Communications
Commission (NCC) and the National Information Technology Development Agency
(NITDA) have expressed support for the 2016 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on
Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable, reports ITRealms.
The Executive
Director, Operations, DigitalSENSE Africa Media, the organisers of the two-day
event, Mrs. Nkemdilim Nweke told ITRealms that the forum which is on its 8th
edition, would hold at Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), former NITEL Training
School, Cappa-Oshodi in Lagos on June 2 and 3, this year.
According to
her, the Executive Vice chairman (EVC) of NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta and
Acting Director-General of NITDA, Dr. Vincent Olatunji are expected to lead
discussions on day 1 and 2 respectively.
She also
revealed that the 2016 theme is on Day 1 IG4D is ‘Internet Governance: Creating
Opportunities for All Nigerians’ scheduled for Thursday, June 2, 2016, while
Day 2 is the Nigeria IPV6 Roundtable in commemoration of the World IPv6 Day
with the theme ‘Creating Opportunities for Nigerians with IPv6’ on Friday, June
3, 2016.
She said
that DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA) Media, an At-Large Structure (ALS) certified by
the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), has sustained
the tempo since 2009 in collaboration with the Nigerian Communications
Commission (NCC), National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and
beckon on other corporate Nigeria to join the queue in enlightening Nigerians
on the positive use of the Internet for the good of all, especially the youth
through creation of opportunities.
NCC, she
explained is the apex telecom regulator in the country with over-arching role
among others to assist communications industry stakeholders and practitioners
with a view to the development of the industry, whereas NITDA’s mandate
encompasses among other things the establishment
of human and infrastructure development within the Information Technology (IT)
industry and maximization of these nationwide.
These,
opportunities, she said, when well assimilated could be translated into job and
wealth creation, noting that the forum also known as Nigeria ICT4D event has
been streamlined to act as a rallying point for Nigerian internet stakeholders
in raising and addressing salient issues concerning the ICT sector.
“The two-day
forum is aimed at encouraging positive usage of the Internet among the youths,
women, students and offers product sellers and manufacturers in Nigeria the
opportunity to engage, with global contest in mind,” she told ITRealms.
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