NatCom
Development & Investment Limited, trading as ntel, has announced a
key addition to its board and the emergence of elder statesman, accomplished
businessman and respected philanthropist, General T.Y. Danjuma as Chairman.
In
a statement made available by the telco to digitaltimesng.com, with
the latest development, Dr. Tunde Ayeni, becomes Vice Chairman, while other
members of the board include Captain Idahosa Okunbo, Abiola Ayeni, Kasheem
Shettima, Philip Chukwu, Kola Adesina, John Darlington, Dan Kunle, Babatunde
Omotoba and Kamar Abass.
A
respected environmentalist and philanthropist, General Danjuma, fondly known as
‘the green general’ on account of his environmental activism, has interests in
oil and gas, banking and shipping.
He
was Chairman of Abuja Green Society and through his own Danjuma Foundation,
established in 2009, passionately supports poverty alleviation, education and
medical aid initiatives across Nigeria.
General
Danjuma brings to the ntel board robust commercial experience covering some
three decades in the public and private sectors, following a successful career
in the army from where he retired
as a three-star General and Chief of Army
Staff in 1980. He also served as Minister of Defence in the first term of the civilian
administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Commenting
on this key addition to ntel’s board, Kamar Abass, ntel’s CEO, remarked “we are
delighted to have a man of General T.Y. Danjuma’s standing join us. As our new chairman,
and as a shareholder, we welcome his support as we add momentum to our growth
and development in Nigeria’s telecoms industry.
“We
expect to benefit enormously from General Danjuma’s sterling leadership credentials
and, in this way, to build on the excellent work of our immediate past chairman,
Dr. Tunde Ayeni, who positioned ntel to deliver the leading Broadband
experiences already evidenced in Lagos and Abuja.”
ntel
commenced commercial operations of its 4G/LTE-Advanced network in April in
Lagos and Abuja. Network services in Port Harcourt are scheduled to commence
early in Q4. NatCom projects making investments totalling more than $1billion by
2020.
ntel
is Nigeria’s most advanced mobile 4G/LTE network providing superfast Internet
Access that enables high-definition voice, data and video services. It’s
network is built on the 900/1800 Mhz frequency bands which are the best
propagation frequencies for the deployment of 4G/LTE technology.
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