The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, has felicitated with Mr Ismaila Adedigba, a director at the commission over his conferment of the fellowship of the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM).
Danbatta, in a statement by NCC spokesperson Mr Reuben Mouka, said the elevation of Adedigba is well deserved, and commended his commitment and dedication to the ideals of his profession as well as a remarkable career progression, exemplified in his pioneering contributions to the growth of the Commission.
Mr Adedigba is the Director of Research Development at the commission. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA) and fellow of the Association of West African Society for Communications and Administration (FSCA) for many years.
The statement said, “No doubt, this is well-deserved elevation into the prestigious fellowship of the Institute, which obviously, was based on your unbroken antecedents to dedication in public service. Therefore, all of us at the Commission felicitate with you on the attainment of this prestigious status at NIM.”
Mr Adedigba’s conferment among other fellows, took place at the latest Awards of Fellows and Spouses’ Day Luncheon which took place at the Muson Centre, Onika, Lagos, and featured the decoration of distinguished individual members of the institute who have contributed to the development of the Institute, management of the profession and the civil society at large.
The recipient has cognate experiences in audit, finance, consultancy and banking inspection. He joined the commission on April 3, 1995 as Head of Internal Audit and has risen through the ranks in the departments of Finance; Zonal Administration; Licensing; Business Development; Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF); Corporate Planning, Strategy and Risk Management Department; Consumer Affairs Bureau; and Policy, Competition and Economic Analysis Department for over two decades before his recent promotion as Director of R&D.
