The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) Academy
and Mauritius-based African Network Information Center (AFRINIC) Ltd, have signed
a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop and certify skills in Internet
Number Resources Management and Internet Protocol version Six (IPv6) in
Nigeria, reports ITRealms.
NIRA Academy, ITRealms
gathered was established by NiRA, the managers of the country code Top Level
Domain Name (.ng ccTLD) to breed Nigerians that will take full advantage of the
jobs and business opportunities, wealth creation and financial rewards that the
.ng domain name string has to offer, while AFRINIC is the Regional Registry for
Internet Number Resources serving the African Internet Community. Thus among
the world’s five Regional Internet Registries (RIR) that manage IP Addresses
and Autonomous System numbers based on policies defined by the community.
Confirming this development to ITRealms in a press statement, the Dean
of NIRA Academy, Mr. Sikiru A Shehu, said he signed on behalf of NiRA, whilst the
chief executive officer (CEO), AFRINIC Limited, Mr. Alan P. Barrett, signed on
behalf of AFRINIC.
According to Shehu, the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was
actually effective on Tuesday 24th January 2017, in Nairobi, Kenya, to develop
and certify skills in Internet Number Resources Management and IPv6 in Nigeria.
Shehu also said that the Memorandum of Understanding creates
an accessibility to International IPv6 certification for Nigerian System and
Network Engineers, and provides the opportunity for Nigeria to increase the
number of internationally recognised and skilled IPv6 engineers, following the
pattern established by AFRINIC. The trainings would be conducted at the NiRA
Academy, using AFRINIC course wares and certified trainers for the
certification programmes.
Further, he said, the signing ceremony was witnessed by key
players within the African and Global Internet Community, including the
President/CEO of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Mr. Goran Marby; Ghanaian Internet Pioneer, Prof. Nii Quaynor, representing the
African Internet Community, NIRA President, Revd Sunday Folayan who is also the
Chairman of the AFRINIC Board, Immediate Past President NIRA , Mrs. Mary Uduma,
NIRA Board of Trustees member, Emmanuel Edet, NiRA's Chief Operating Officer,
Mrs. Edith Udeagu and AFRINIC Board/ICANN ALAC member Seun Ojedeji.
Chuks Egbune/GEE
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