Nigeria was on Thursday elected the new chair of the Council and Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), taking over from Kenya.
The Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Eugene Juwah, will assume this position on behalf of the country. He was previously first vice-chair of the CTO.
The election took place during the organisation’s annual council meeting in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
“We are delighted and honoured to be elected to this position and we look forward to working with all members to continue to guide the management in its ICT4D efforts,” Juwah said in a statement.
Juwah has over 30 years’ experience in the Information Technology and telecommunications sectors, including over 20 years in top management level positions.
He was appointed the executive vice chairman of the NCC in July 2010 and has championed the introduction of emergency communication services, mobile number portability, SIM card registration and broadband access expansion in Nigeria.
He takes over as the chairman of the CTO from Juma Kandie, Director for Human Capital and Administration at the Communications Authority of Kenya.
“We are grateful for the trust members put in us over the past three years as chair and we will look forward to playing our role on the executive committee as immediate past chair to support Nigeria,” Kandie said.
The seven-man executive committee of the CTO is elected for one year. Kenya remains on the committee as immediate past chair, together with Prof. Tim Unwin as Secretary-General, both as non-elected members.
