President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new and returning Chief Executives to fresh terms in office across multiple agencies under the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy.
According to a statement by Ngelale on Wednesday, the new Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission is Aminu Maida, who replaces Prof. Umar Dambatta.
Aminu Maida is the Executive Director, Technology & Operations at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS).
A seasoned-technical professional with over 15 years’ multi-functional and international experience in FinTech & Telecoms & Enterprise Technology.
Prior to his appointment at NIBSS, Aminu was CTO at the Nigerian based FinTech Arca Payments Network and Senior Manager at Cisco Systems UK.
Aminu holds an MEng in Information Systems Engineering from Imperial College London and a PhD in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from the University of Bath UK.
Other appointments include:
(2) MD / CEO, Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) — Nkechi Egerton-Idehen
(3) DG / CEO, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) — Kashifu Inuwa Abdullah
(4) National Commissioner / CEO, Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) — Dr. Vincent Olatunji
(5) Postmaster General / CEO, Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) — Tola Odeyemi
The President also approved the appointment of Idris Alubankudi as new Special Adviser to the President on Technology and Digital Economy.
