Nigeria’s candidate to compete with 3 others for Africa Telecom Union Secretary General

Nigeria has in the last one week signified its interest to compete for the exalted position of the Secretary General of the Africa Telecom Union (ATU) head-quartered in Nairobi,  the Kenyan Capital.  The ATU is to hold its Plenipotentiary Conference August 16 – 17, 2018, in Nairobi, Kenya, to elect the Secretary-General of the African […]

Nigeria has in the last one week signified its interest to compete for the exalted position of the Secretary General of the Africa Telecom Union (ATU) head-quartered in Nairobi,  the Kenyan Capital. 

The ATU is to hold its Plenipotentiary Conference August 16 – 17, 2018, in Nairobi, Kenya, to elect the Secretary-General of the African body for the period 2019 to 2022.

In a diplomatic note verbale No. A.90/2018 dated 13th July 2018 sent by the Federal Government and published by the Union on its webpage, Nigeria proposed Dr Abubakar Sadiq Hussani, a former Assistant Professor of telecom Engineering, Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola.  

He is also the Current Head of Department of Telecommunications and Wireless technologies of the American University of Nigeria as well as head of programs for the 54-member British Commonwealth ITU Group (CIG).  

The diplomatic document stated that Dr Hussaini possesses a great wealth of experience in telecommunications which are necessary attributes to hold the prestigious office on the continental level.