Leadership
(Abuja)
Clem Khena-Ogbena
4 October 2008
Abuja — Major telecommunications and ICT personalities, as well as operators, including the secretary general of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Dr. Hamadoun Toure, will converge in Abuja, the Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for a four-day summit tagged, Abuja CTO 2008.
The summit jointly organised by the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisations (CTO), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Federal Ministry of Information and Communications, will commence from of October 6 - 10, 2008 and be declared open by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, while the minister of Information and Communications, Mr. John Odey, is the chief host.
The CTO 2008 forum which will be holding at the congress hall of the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, is expected to feature exhibition of ICT products and services from international operators, equipment manufacturers and vendors as well as telecom and ICT policy makers, regulators, academics and operators.
Also expected at the summit, with theme: "Ensuring Effective Connectivity for a Socially Inclusive and a Commercially Vibrant Africa", are financiers, technology and software developers, international aid agencies and civil society organisations.
A statement from NCC at the weekend said the minister of Communication and Information has expressed satisfaction with the response of the private sector towards the hosting of CTO 2008, which he said is in line with the expectations of government for public and private sector collaboration towards transforming ICT in the African continent.
Similarly, according to the statement an inter-ministerial organising committee chaired by the chief executive officer, NCC, Engr. Ernest Ndukwe, also confirmed at the weekend that arrangements had been concluded for hosting this major event considered the biggest ICT summit of the year in Africa.
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