Buhari Refuses to Renew Juwah’s Tenure, Appoints Danbatta New NCC Boss

President Muhammadu Buhari has also approved the appointment of Professor Umaru Garba Danbatta as the new executive vice chairman and chief executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)

He replaces Dr. Eugene Juwah, whose five year tenure at the NCC ended last July.

Juwah’s tenure was reportedly renewed by the government of Goodluck Jonathan but the new government of Buhari appeared not in sync with the decision preferring a new helmsman instead.

Juwah who was nominated on July 23, 2010, and assumed office on July 29, 2010, following his confirmation by the Senate had a distinguished outing at the NCC and would be remembered for various programmes and projects under his tenure.

The new NCC boss was born in Danbatta Local Government Council of Kano State and obtained his B Eng, MSc and PhD degrees from the Technical University of Wroclaw in Poland and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology UK respectively.

He was Vice President Academics and Students Affairs, Kano Campus of Digital Bridge Institute

He  had served  as  a  lecturer  in  the  Department  of  Electrical  Engineering,  Faculty  of  Technology  of  Bayero  University Kano for  28 years,  where  he taught  courses  in  telecommunication  engineering  and  electronics  and held  academic  positions  of  Dean of the  Faculty and Head  of  Department  at  different  times. 

His main administrative responsibilities, in the university, included Deputy and Acting Dean of Students’ Affairs, Administrator of the Works Department and later, Director of the Centre for Information Technology (CIT). 

He was also chairman to, or member of, over 60 University committees and task forces.

In administrative and other responsibilities outside the university, he has served as  chairman  or  member  to over  20 committees,  prominent  among  which was  the  Chairmanship of the  Implementation Committee of Kano State University of  Science & Technology and subsequently became its pioneer  Deputy  and  Acting  Vice-Chancellor  when  it  took  off  in  2001.