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The Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has appointed Princess Oforitsenere Emiko as Interim Chairperson of the Governing Board of the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), reinforcing the Commission’s commitment to repositioning the Institute to meet the evolving demands of Nigeria’s communications sector and digital economy.
She will serve alongside Engr. Abraham Oshadami, Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, and Ms. Rimini Makama, Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management, who have been appointed as interim board members. The interim leadership team will work closely with the President/CEO of DBI, Mr. David Daser, and other board members with subsisting tenures to advance the Institute’s transformation agenda.
Established by the NCC in May 2004, the Digital Bridge Institute was conceived as a specialised centre for telecommunications and information technology training. Over the past two decades, the sector has evolved significantly, expanding beyond telecommunications into a dynamic digital economy driven by rapid technological innovation. This shift has heightened the need for continuous capacity development and strengthened communications infrastructure, both of which are critical to national competitiveness and digital sovereignty.
A key pillar of the transformation agenda is Nigeria’s youthful population. With approximately 70 per cent of Nigerians under the age of 30, the renewed focus on DBI aims to equip young people with advanced digital and technical competencies, bridge critical skills gaps, and accelerate technology adoption across the communications ecosystem and the broader economy.
As part of its repositioning strategy, the Institute will focus on five strategic pillars: Education and Training, Research and Development, Innovation, Economic Impact and Growth, and Emerging Policy and Regulation. The framework has been developed through extensive stakeholder engagement involving not only the NCC and the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, but also the Federal Ministry of Education and TETFund, the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, and the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI).
