THE CENTRE for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has announced the appointment of new members for its Board as well as its International Advisory Committee.
A statement signed by Y. Z. Ya’u, CITAD’s Executive Director, stated that the Board members, three in number, were appointed to replace those who are stepping down due to term limitation as prescribed by the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA).
The new Board members include: Hajiya Maryam Babayaro, a veteran journalist and member, Advisory Committee of CITAD’s Online Radio; Dr. Mohammed Aminu Aliyu, an academic, teaching Economics at Bayero University, Kano, and a founding member of the Computer Literacy Project (CLP), the progenitor of CITAD, who has been coordinating the Critical Knowledge Production Dialogue Series as well as Data Analysis Support training for academics at CITAD.
The third new member of the Board is Engr. Haruna Rabiu, a telecommunication engineer and former staff of MTN, MD/CEO, Combine Telecoms Solution Network (CTSN) and President of Professional Bodies Association of Nigeria, Kano Chapter. Engr Rabiu is also a member, National Advisory Committee of Community Networks of CITAD.
According to the statement, the new members of the reconstituted International Advisory Committee, numbering eight, include: Prof. Paul Lubeck of the University of California, Santa Cruz; Dr. Jummai Umar-Ajijola of The Business People, Abuja; Chief (Engr) C. O. Iromantu, the Chairman, Board of Trustees of CITAD and pioneer Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Prof Amina Kaidal of the Faculty of Education, University of Maiduguri, and current Chairperson, Governing Board of CITAD.
Others include Prof. Darren Kew of the University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA; Dr. Malin Beckman of the University of Uppsala, Sweden; Mr. Ibrahim Tizhe, Immediate Past Provost, College of Fellows, Computer Society of Nigeria; and Prof. Patrick Taylor, Head, Academic Affairs, University of Management and Technology (UNIMTECH), Sierra Leone.
“The Chair, Governing Board of CITAD, Prof Amina Kidal welcomes the new members and looks forward to their positive contribution to the growth of CITAD.
“In the same vein, the Executive Director of CITAD, Y. Z. Ya’u said that the new members are actually not new to CITAD as they had been performing various roles before their elevation to the Board. “We look forward to working with them to make CITAD greater,” the statement concluded.
