ITU 2016: el-Rufa’i,Toure, Belo-Osagie to speak at Nigeria’s Investment Forum

A former secretary-seneral of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Mr Hamadoun Toure, has been named keynote speaker at Nigeria’s Investment Forum in ITU Telecom World 2016, Bangkok, Thailand. The forum is the highpoint of Nigeria’s participation in the event due to run from November 14 – 17, 2016. The Minister of Communications, Barrister Adebayo Shittu, […]

A former secretary-seneral of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Mr Hamadoun Toure, has been named keynote speaker at Nigeria’s Investment Forum in ITU Telecom World 2016, Bangkok, Thailand.
The forum is the highpoint of Nigeria’s participation in the event due to run from November 14 – 17, 2016.
The Minister of Communications, Barrister Adebayo Shittu, would be chief host at the forum.
The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir el-Rufa’i and the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, were listed as panelists at the forum.
A statement issued by the Director, Public Affairs of the NCC, Mr Tony Ojobo, also listed Mr Hakeem Belo-Osagie, Chairman, Etisalat Nigeria and Ms Funke Opeke, the Managing Director, MainOne Cable Company, as panelists at the forum.
The forum would be moderated by Dr Henry Nzekwu, a consummate multi-sectoral team leader and Executive Vice Chairman of the MessageWise Limited
The theme for Nigeria’s participation this year is “Smart Communities: “The key to a digital Nigeria,” which would run alongside the global theme: “Collaborating in the Digital Economy.”