L-R: Corporate Services Executive, MTN, Mr.Tobe Okigbo, Company Secretary, MTN, Barr.(Mrs) Uto Ukpanah, CEO, MTN, Karl Olutokun Toriola, Chairman, DBI, Rt. Hon. Olusegun Bolanle Gbeleyi, Chairman, MTN, Dr. Ernest Ndukwe, President/CEO, DBI, Prof. Muhammed Ajiya and Chief Technical Officer, MTN, Mr. Mohammed Rufai
By Ayo Fadimu
The management of Digital Bridge Institute, (DBI) on Friday visited the headquarters of telecommunications giant MTN in Ikoyi, Lagos where they presented five different training packages on new technical training courses to be offered by the DBI
DBI team was led by the President/CEO, of the Institute, Prof. Mohammed Ajiya and Chairman, DBI, Rt. Hon. Olusegun Bolanle Gbeleyi, who immediately resumed official engagements after about two months break in England.
The duo, alongside other management team of DBI, met with the Chairman of MTN, Dr. Ernest Ndukwe, Chief Executive Officer of MTN, MR. Karl Olutokun Toriola, MTN Company Secretary, Barrister (Mrs) Uto Ukpanah, Corporate Services Excecutive, Mr. Tobe Okigbo and Chief Technical Officer, Mr. Mohammed Rufai and informed the MTN management the readiness of the Institute to improve the technical prowess of the ICT workforce in the country and enjoined MTN to make use of the opportunity
According to a statement by the Kazeem Idowu, the media aide of DBI chairman, both the Chairman and the CEO, MTN in their responses assured the DBI team of their support in deploying the new technical training courses, as part of their commitment to drive our digital economy forward through educational development and exposure.
DBI was established in 2004, when Dr. Ernest Ndukwe was the Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC.
The Digital Bridge Institute, (DBI) has world class facilities for ICT and the Telecommunications Technology training needed for the next generation of technical operators and telecommunications industry and the DBI are set to assist the mobile phone network providers in the areas of capacity building without the need for them to go abroad.
