The
NatCom Development & Investment Limited (NatCom) trading as ntel, has
unveiled a retired Army General cum elder statesman and accomplished
businessman, Theophilus Y. Danjuma as its new Chairman, reports ITRealms.
This
follows the emergence of General Danjuma at the company’s inaugural board
meeting held Wednesday, July 27th 2016.
A press
statement made available to ITRealms by the Director, External Affairs, Mr.
Osondu C. Nwokoro and Head Corporate Communications at ntel, Mr. Toni Kan
Onwudi, revealed that with General Danjuma as board chairman, former chairman,
Dr. Tunde Ayeni, now becomes Vice Chairman. While other members of the board
include Captain Idahosa Okunbo, Abiola Ayeni, Kasheem Shettima, Philip Chukwu,
Kola Adesina, John Darlington, Dan Kunle, Babatunde Omotoba and Kamar Abass.
General
Danjuma, fondly known as ‘the green general’ on account of his environmental
activism, has interests in oil and gas, banking and shipping. A respected
environmentalist and philanthropist, he was Chairman of Abuja Green Society and
through his own Danjuma Foundation, established in 2009, passionately supports
poverty alleviation, education and medical aid initiatives across Nigeria.
General
Danjuma brings to the ntel board robust commercial experience covering some
three decades in the public and private sectors, following a successful career
in the army from where he retired as a three-star General and Chief of Army
Staff in 1980. He also served as Minister of Defence in the first term of the
civilian administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Mr. Kamar
Abass, ntel’s Chief executive officer was also quoted as saying they are
delighted to have a man of General TY Danjuma’s standing join ntel, sequel to
his recent significant investment in the
telco.
“As our
new chairman, and as a shareholder, we welcome his support as we add momentum
to our growth and development in Nigeria’s telecoms industry. We expect to
benefit enormously from General Danjuma’s sterling leadership credentials and,
in this way, to build on the excellent work of our immediate past chairman, Dr.
Tunde Ayeni, who positioned ntel to deliver the leading Broadband experiences
already evidenced in Lagos and Abuja,” he explained.
ntel
commenced commercial operations of its 4G/LTE-Advanced network on 08-04-16 in
Lagos and Abuja. Network services in Port Harcourt are scheduled to commence
early in Q4. NatCom projects making investments totalling more than $1 billion
by 2020.
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