President Bola Tinubu has appointed Ikechukwu Ugwuegede as the South-East representative on the board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
The appointment was disclosed in a letter the President sent to the Senate, which was read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during plenary on Thursday.
Ugwuegede previously served as Chairman of the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA) between 2011 and 2015.
He also contested for the Nsukka/Igboeze South Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives under the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the 2019 general elections.
The nomination came after public concern that the earlier list of nominees for the NCC board lacked representation from the South-East region.
Other confirmed members of the NCC board include Idris Olorunnimbe (Chairman, South-West), Aminu Maida (Executive Vice-Chairman, North-West), Abraham Oshadami (Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, North-Central), and Rimini Makama (Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management, North-East).
Also on the board are Hajia Maryam Bayi, Col. Abdulwahab Lawal (rtd), Senator Lekan Mustapha (South-West), Chris Okorie (South-South), and Princess Oforitsenere Emiko (Commissioner, South-South).
President Tinubu urged the Senate to consider and confirm Ugwuegede’s nomination promptly, expressing confidence in the lawmakers’ cooperation.
