eWorld rallies industry for telecoms day celebration

A leading ICT magazine, eWorld is collaborating with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and National Information and Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to rally industry stakeholders to mark the 2013 Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) which comes up on May 17. The celebration coincides with the eWorld Forum which holds every year.

This year’s event will be chaired by Engineer Titi Omo-Ettu, Chairman of Telecom Answers Associates and Publisher of Cyberschuul News.

NCC Executive Vice Chairman, Dr Eugene Juwah and NITDA Director-General, Professor Cleopas Angaye will give key note speeches. Mr Chris Uwaje, President of Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON) will present a seminal paper on ICT and Traffic Management.

Also to discuss the themes of the event are Engineer Lanre Ajayi, President of ATCON and Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director, Paradigm Initiatives among others.

This year’s event has two main themes: Imperative for a Truly Digital Citizen and ICTs and Improving Road Safety, which is the primary focus of the WTISD celebrations for this year.

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, celebrated each year on 17 May, marks the anniversary of the signature of the first International Telegraph Convention in 1865.

[Vanguard]

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