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Nigerian Reps Committee Mulls Merger Of NCC, NITDA

October 5, 2022 10:04 pm

The section of the Nigerian House of Representatives Committee who have been in charge of investigating for the duplication of functions of Ministries, Departments and Agencies In Nigeria have on Wednesday discussed the major possibility of actually merging the Nigeria Communications Commission and also the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA).

The senate committee had also raised the possibility of this merger when Umar Danbatta who is the Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, appeared before the Committee.

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A member of the Committee, who had been identified as …

Nigeria Now A Big Exporter Of Tech Talents- FG

September 7, 2022 3:59 am

The Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mr. Kashifu Abdullahi claimed that Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria is now a global supplier of tech talents.

This claim came after U.S. Tech. giant, Google, unveiled 60 Africa Startups grantees of its second cohort Black Founders Fund (BFF) initiative yesterday in Abuja.

In his remarks during the unveiling ceremony, Abdullahi asserted that the project will boost Nigeria’s Digital Economy.

According to him: ‘This is the a golden opportunity for our Startups, because funding is one of the biggest challenges facing the Nigerian tech. ecosystem.

‘We have global talents shortage, everywhere they …

NCC Boss, Danbatta Hails NITDA’s 20 Years Achievements

April 19, 2021 3:04 pm

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has hailed its sister agency, the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, for a milestone achievement in a period of 20 years.

The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, who spoke during the NITDA @20 Anniversary conference held in Abuja on Monday said the agency has met the expectations of Nigerians in the past 20 years of its existence.

He hailed the current Director-General of the agency, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi and all the CEOs and directors of the agency from its inception for doing their best in repositioning the agency.