President Bola Tinubu has appointed Idris Olorunnimbe, the founder of The Temple, as chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Idris Olorunnimbe, the founder of The Temple, as chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
Olorunnimbe was previously appointed as the board chairman of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in March, but his appointment was withdrawn in July and was replaced with Tanko Umaru Al-Makura, a former governor of Nasarawa.
“Members of the board include Abraham Oshidami, executive commissioner, technical services: Rimini Makama, executive commissioner, stakeholder management; Maryam Bayi, former director, human capital & administration and Cornel Abdulwahab Lawal (Rtd).
“Others are Lekan Mustafa, Chris Okorie and Princess Oforitsenere Emiko and the secretary of the NCC Board.”
“Other members are; Abraham Oshidami, Rimini Makama, Aliyu Edogi Aliyu – (Rep FMCIDE), Joseph B Faluyi (Rep. of Federal Ministry of Finance), Auwal Mohammed (Rep. of FMBNP), Uzoma Dozie, Peter Bankole, Abayomi Okanlawon, Gafar Quadri and the USPF secretary,” the statement added.
According to Onanuga, the federal government established the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) to facilitate the achievement of national policy goals for universal access and service to information and communication technologies (ICTs) in rural, unserved and underserved areas in Nigeria.
