The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, is yet to resume work.
Senior Officials of the Public Affairs Department of the NCC are keeping sealed lips on the resumption date of the newly appointed Executive Vice Chairman.
The Nation gathered that the appointment of Prof. Danbatta, which was announced Tuesday by the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina caught the top officials of the commission unaware and has created anxiety among them.
When The Nation visited the NCC headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday, senior officials in the Public Affairs Department declined to comment on the sudden sack of the former EVC, Dr Eugene Juwah and his replacement by Prof. Danbatta.
The Director of Public Affairs, Mr Tony Ojobo, was said to be busy. His Deputy, Mr Sonny Aragba, said: “There is no information yet on the resumption date for the new EVC. We will communicate you as soon as we get information on when he will resume work,” Aragba added.
Born in Danbatta Local Government Council of Kano State, Prof. Danbatta obtained his BEng, MSc and PhD degrees from the Technical University of Wroclaw in Poland and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology UK. 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.
His main administrative responsibilities, in the university, included Deputy and Acting Dean of Students’ Affairs, Administrator of the Works Department and later, Director of the Centre for Information Technology (CIT).
Prof. Danbatta, who recently served as a member of the Implementation Committee of the Northwest University Kano, is the Acting Vice-Chancellor of Kano University of Science & Technology, Wudil.
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