We have seen quite a number of changes in the Government parastatals lately and now, it is the NCC as President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Professor Umaru Garba Danbatta as the new executive vice chairman and chief executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to replace Dr. Eugene Juwah, whose five year tenure at the NCC ended last July.
Just a little insight about the new NCC boss: Danbatta was born in Kano State and obtained his B Eng, MSc and PhD degrees from the Technical University of Wroclaw in Poland and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology UK respectively. He was Vice President Academics and Students Affairs, Kano Campus of Digital Bridge Institute
He had 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 telecommunication engineering and electronics and held academic positions of Dean of the Faculty and Head of Department at different times.
In administrative and other responsibilities outside the university, he has served as chairman or member to over 20 committees, prominent among which was the Chairmanship of the Implementation Committee of Kano State University of Science & Technology and subsequently became its pioneer Deputy and Acting Vice-Chancellor when it took off in 2001.
We look forward to officially hearing from the Professor Umaru Garba Danbatta.