NCC, NITDA support 2016 Nigeria DigitalSENSE forum on IG4D, IPV6

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) have expressed support for the 2016 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) roundtable.

Nkemdilim Nweke, executive director, operations, DigitalSENSE Africa Media, the organiser of the two-day event, said the forum which is on its eighth edition, would hold in Lagos, June this year.

According to Nweke, Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman of NCC, and Vincent Olatunji, acting director-general of NITDA are expected to lead discussions in internet governance and creating opportunities for Nigerians with IPV6.

Nweke said DigitalSENSE Africa Media, an At-Large Structure (ALS) certified by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), had sustained the tempo since 2009 in collaboration with the NCC, NITDA and beckon on other corporate Nigeria to join the queue in enlightening Nigerians on the positive use of the internet for the good of all, especially the youth through creation of opportunities.

NCC, she said, is the apex telecom regulator in the country with over-arching role among others to assist communications industry stakeholders and practitioners with a view to the development of the industry, whereas NITDA’s mandate encompasses among other things the establishment of human and infrastructure development within the Information Technology (IT) industry and maximisation of these nationwide.

These, opportunities, she said, when well assimilated could be translated into job and wealth creation, noting that the forum also known as Nigeria ICT4D event has been streamlined to act as a rallying point for Nigerian internet stakeholders in raising and addressing salient issues concerning the ICT sector.

“The two-day forum is aimed at encouraging positive usage of the Internet among the youths, women, students and offers product sellers and manufacturers in Nigeria the opportunity to engage, with global contest in mind,” she said.