NDA chiefs meet NCC, plan to collaborate on human capacity building

The Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Garba Danbatta Monday paid host to the Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy at the Commission’s Head Office.

The Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy, Major General Adeniyi Oyebade who led the delegation noted in his opening remarks that “The Nigerian Defence Academy is an institution that trains young men and women as future leaders of the armed forces and one of the key mandate is to have officers who are technologically sound, ICT sound, to deal with the future battle of cyber space”.

He also acknowledged that, “over the last few years the NCC has offered a robust support in the development of our ICT infrastructure and, we have identified some gaps and we are here to ensure that those gaps are bridged and to follow up on existing contracts”.

The EVC in his remarks stated that the NDA as ‘’The premier military institution in the country; one that is training the cream of the military and the Nigerian Communications Commission must be seen to show commitment towards the training of officers of the NDA with the right professionalism and military precision”.

Delegates of the NDA and Staff of the Nigerian Communications Commission.

The EVC further echoed that “The NCC will be very happy and willing to collaborate with the NDA in order to strengthen their cyber security programs and the various facilities that are used by that institution to train her students in the areas of cyber security; as well as to intervene and provide a computer based test centre to the NDA to show our commitment to do the very good work done by training of our young military officers In that institution”.