August 12, (THEWILL) — President Bola Tinubu has approved the constitution of the boards of the Nigerian Communications Commission and the Universal Service Provision Fund, both under the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy.
According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Idris Olorunnimbe was named Chairman of the NCC, while Dr Aminu Maida retains his position as Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, having been appointed in October 2023 and confirmed by the Senate the following month.
Olorunnimbe, a former member of the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund Board, chaired its Stakeholder and Governance Committee and spearheaded youth employment and entrepreneurship programmes.
Other NCC board members include Abraham Oshidami, Executive Commissioner, Technical Services; Rimini Makama, Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management; Hajia Maryam Bayi, former Director, Human Capital & Administration; Col Abdulwahab Lawal (retd.); Senator Lekan Mustafa; Chris Okorie; Princess Oforitsenere Emiko; and the board secretary.
For the USPF, Tinubu appointed the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, as Chairman, with Olorunnimbe as Vice Chairman. Other members are Oshidami, Makama, Aliyu Edogi Aliyu (representative of FMCIDE), Joseph B. Faluyi (representative of the Federal Ministry of Finance), Auwal Mohammed (representative of FMBNP), Uzoma Dozie, Peter Bankole, Abayomi Anthony Okanlawon, Gafar Oluwasegun Quadri, and the fund’s secretary.
The USPF was established to drive national policy objectives for universal access to information and communication technologies in rural, unserved, and underserved areas.
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