Akpabio bags African ICT Man of the Year award

AKWA Ibom State governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, was, at the weekend, honoured as the African ICT Man of The Year, during the eighth annual Nigerian Telecoms Awards, organised by the Nigerian Telecommunications News, in Victoria Island, Lagos.The honour, the latest in the string of recognitions and accolades received by the governor, was described as special by the organisers of the award, who cited Akpabio's effort and investment in building and equipping the first e-library in West Africa, a major e-learning and knowledge development centre as the basis of their consideration.The award was presented to the governor by a former Minister of Defence, Dr Bello Moha-mmed Haliru, who commended him for transforming and repositioning the stateAkpabio, who was represented at the event by the state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr Aniekan Umanah, dedicated the award to the people of Akwa Ibom State and thanked God for the opportunity and privilege given him to serve.He expressed appreciation to the organisers for independently recognising the efforts of his administration and urged them not to relent in their efforts at promoting best practices in the ICT and telecoms industry.The award ceremony attracted several dignitaries, including the Osun State governor, Mr Rauf Are-gbesola; a former governor of Ogun State, Chief Oluegun Osoba; a former chief executive of Nigerian Communications Commission, Mr Ernest Ndukwe; Mr Olawale Ige; national publicity secretary of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Alhaji Lai Mohammed and other bigwigs in ICT and telecommunications industry.
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