Executive Committee

Chairman:

Dr Bashir Gwandu, chairman
Dr. Bashir Gwandu: The Chairman of Commonwealth ITU Group (CIG), was the Executive Commissioner (Technical Services) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), was also the Chairman of Radiocommunications Advisory Group of the ITU (the RAG), and the Vice Chairman of ITU-R Joint Task Group 4567 (JTG-4567). Gwandu has served as the Vice-Chair of Committee 4 of the ITU Radiocommunications Assembly 2012 (RA-12). He became the Chairman of the CIG in March 2012. He was the Acting CEO of the Nigerian Telecoms Regulatory body, the NCC, from June to July 2010. After receiving his BSc in Physics from UsmanDanfodiyo University, Sokoto and an MSc in Applied Physics from the University of Jos, in addition to a brief Engineering service at the Tactical Air-command, Makurdi and lecturing at UsmanDanfodiyo University, Sokoto, he proceeded to the United Kingdom where he attended MSc Courses in Power Electronics and Drives and MSc courses in Communications Engineering; he further obtained [..]
 
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Regional Coordinators:

   
Mr. Joshua Peprah, Director, Regulatory Administration, National Communications Authority, Ghana. An Electrical and Electronics Engineer by training, Mr Peprah has over 30 yrs of experience in the ICT industry, starting as a Design and Applications Engineer with the Semiconductor Division of Texas Instruments (TI) in Dallas, Texas, USA for 15years and later as an electronic communications regulation expert.[..]
 
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Mr. Patrick Mwesigwa is the Director, Technology and Licensing at Uganda Communications Commission (UCC). Eng. Patrick Mwesigwa holds a BSc. in Electrical Engineering (Makerere University, Kampala) and a Masters in Operational Telecommunications (Coventry University, UK). He has also undertaken a number of postgraduate courses related to telecommunications and regulation over the years.[..]
 
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Ms. Bernadette Lewis has held the position of Secretary General of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) since August, 2003. Under her stewardship, the CTU has been transformed into a relevant and vibrant information and communication technology (ICT) organization which is at the forefront of activities to harmonize policies and practices for the development of the Caribbean ICT sector.[..]
 
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Special Advisors:

   
Having completed a Ph.D. in 1976, Bruce Gracie has worked in a variety of capacities in the Canadian federal government responsible for telecommunications and information technology matters. He also participated in an exchange programme with the Australian Department of Communications over a period of 2 years. His current duties include chairmanships of various government/industry committees focused on the preparations for ITU conferences and assemblies [..]
 
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Secretariat Executive/Head of Programmes:

   
Abubakar Sadiq Hussaini, MSc, PhD: received his PGD in Electrical/Electronic Engineering from the Bayero University (Nigeria) in 2003, his MSc in Radio Frequency Communication Engineering from the University of Bradford (UK) in 2007 and his PhD in Telecommunications Engineering from University of Bradford in 2012 with a specialization in Microwave/RF power amplifiers design and Tunable Filters. He was the recipient of Best Student award at Newton Institute (Nigeria) in 1993; member of the Senate Committee of the University of Bradford in 2007. He is a member of [..]
 
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