Tinubu nominates Ikechukwu Ugwuegede as South-East representative on NCC board

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated Ikechukwu Ugwuegede to represent the South-East on the board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).

Ugwuegede, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), previously served as Chairman of the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA) from 2011 to 2015.

He also contested for the Nsukka/Igboeze South Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives during the 2019 general elections, further highlighting his political experience and engagement within the region.

Tinubu had earlier forwarded a list of nominees for the NCC board to the senate without any representative from the south-east.

In a new letter addressed to the senate and read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during Wednesday’s plenary, the president announced Ugwuegede’s nomination.

Other members of the NCC board earlier nominated and confirmed include Idris Olorunnimbe as chairman (south-west), Aminu Maida as executive vice-chairman (north-west), and Abraham Oshidami as executive commissioner, technical services (north-central).

Also confirmed are Rimini Makama as executive commissioner, stakeholder management (north-east), Hajia Maryam Bayi, Col Abdulwahab Lawal (rtd), senator Lekan Mustafa (south-west), Chris Okorie (south-south), and princess Oforitsenere Emiko (commissioner, south-south).

“While it is my hope that the senate will consider and confirm the nominees in the usual expeditious manner, please accept, distinguished senators and distinguished senate president, the assurances of my highest consideration and personal regards,” Tinubu said in the letter.