PHOTOS: NCC Opens Centre Of Excellence For Technical, Vocational Trainings In Abuja

Last updated: 2024/07/12 at 9:45 AM

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L-R: Head, Commercial Operations, Nokia, Ulla-Maija Simola; Head, Mobile Networks, Central East & West Africa, Nokia, Mustapha Salah; Director, Human Capital, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Hafsat Lawal; Director, Digital Economy, NCC, Tokunbo Oyeleye; Hon. Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani; Network Engineer, Nokia Solutions & Networks Nigeria, Sunday Danhalbi; Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, NCC, Dr. Aminu Maida and Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management, NCC, Rimini Makama, during the official commissioning of NCC’s Centre of Excellence powered by Nokia in Abuja on Thursday, 11 July, 2024

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has launched a Centre of Excellence in Abuja to provide Nigerians with technical and vocational skills to support the digital economy.

Nokia is powering the NCC’s Centre of Excellence.

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The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani who declared open the centre said: “I expect that the NCC will collaborate with more stakeholders to make this initiative a true centre of excellence for Africa. No society in the world can prosper without connectivity. The connectivity requires humans for its proper functioning”.

Hon. Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani (middle) is cutting the tape to declare open the NCC’s Centre of Excellence, while Executive Vice Chairman, NCC, Dr. Aminu Maida (right) and others look on.

The Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Dr Aminu Maida, while speaking at the event noted that “This is the first time in Nigeria when our radio engineers will have the opportunity to come and touch and feel what a radio looks like”.

**Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, NCC, Dr. Aminu Maida (right) exchanges pleasantries with guests at the official commissioning of the NCC’s Centre of Excellence in Abuja on Thursday**

He also said that with the 5G era and the skills that engineers and other Nigerians will acquire, “we would see a lot of innovations through this Centre”.