Abia Varsity Honours Ndukwe with Doctorate Degree

Abia State University, Uturu has announced that it will confer the Degree of Doctor of Science (DSc), Honoraris Causa on Dr. Ernest Ndukwe, chairman of OpenMedia Communications Limited and former executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).

The conferment of the Honorary degree on Ndukwe will be a high point of its 24th Convocation Ceremony, slated for Saturday April 16th 2016.

In the letter conveying the University’s decision to honour Ndukwe; Professor Uche Ikonne, vice chancellor, stated that “the offer is in recognition of Ndukwe’s high accomplishments in his chosen profession as an Engineer and meritorious national service as executive vice chairman/CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission”.

Ikonne further noted that the Management, Senate, Staff and students of Abia State University are excited at the thought of associating with such a distinguished personality as Ndukwe.  

Ndukwe, fondly dubbed “the father of the telecommunications revolution in Nigeria”, has proved ever passionate about the need for the gains of the past not only to be consolidated but also to be improved upon. 

He has consistently canvassed for the building of pervasive ICT infrastructure such as Broadband, long distance and metropolitan fibre backbone. 

He has often canvassed for focused capacity building in human resources; protection of the consumers; favourable enabling environment (legal, regulatory and policy); availability of trusted systems and legal instruments to ensure transparency, confidentiality, integrity, availability and security. 

He is also an advocate of robust legal and financial framework to support e-commerce, ICT software development, digital content creation, competition and rural telephony.