{"id":62804,"date":"2022-07-22T08:34:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T07:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=62804"},"modified":"2022-07-22T08:35:52","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T07:35:52","slug":"prof-danbatta-elected-into-nigerian-academy-of-engineering-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/prof-danbatta-elected-into-nigerian-academy-of-engineering-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof Danbatta Elected Into Nigerian Academy Of Engineering Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has been elected to the governing council of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering (NAE), a step which signposts his outstanding role in the development of the profession in the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A statement by NCC\u2019s director, public affairs, Reuben Muoka, said the council of NAE is the highest decision-making body of the academy. The council oversees the country\u2019s highest professional bodies in science, technology and engineering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">According to the statement, notice of the election, conveyed by the honorary secretary of the academy, Engr. Christy Adelowo, indicated that Danbatta and other council members will serve for two years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cDanbatta, a professor of telecommunications engineering with decades of experience in academia and professional practice, was inducted a Fellow of NAE on June 21, 2018, during the Annual Lecture and Investiture of 10th President of the Academy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Reacting to his election, Prof Dandatta expressed appreciation to the council for considering him worthy to serve in another capacity.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In his words: \u201cThe council can count on my intellectual and moral support towards the achievement of the overall objectives of the academy\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">PROF Danbatta\u2019s contributions to the engineering profession have been eloquently attested to, with several public lectures, including one at the academy on November 9, 2016, titled \u201cThe National Broadband Plan as Catalyst for Social and Economic Transformation: The NCC Mandate\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">On June 23, 2021, Danbatta received special recognition from the NAE in appreciation of his contributions through the remarkable implementation of various programmes of the commission which has seen very purposeful collaborations with academia and other professional institutions in science and technology towards the advancement of the socio-economic development of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He has severally played similar roles in the past, including his two terms as a member of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN). He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (FNSE), Fellow of the Renewable and Alternative Energy Society (FRAES) and Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (NIEEE).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has been elected to the governing council of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering (NAE), a step which signposts his outstanding role in the development of the profession in the country.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":62805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17],"tags":[648,6320],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-62804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-business","category-news","tag-ncc","tag-prof-umar-danbatta"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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