After a successful tenure as 1st vice chairman of West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA), Nigeria has, unanimously and by consensus, emerged as Chairman of WATRA for 2021 at the 18th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Assembly.
Also voted in as Executive Secretary (ES) is the Nigerian candidate, Engr. Aliu Yusuf Aboki, whose emergence followed a keenly-contested election by member states.
Aboki scored the highest number of total votes cast, ahead of contestants from Liberia, Guinea, and Benin who also fielded candidates for the same elective position. He succeeds the outgoing ES, Elhadj Mamman Laminou of Niger Republic, who has held sway at WATRA for two tenures.
Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), announced this in a statement on Friday.
He said that Aboki was elected at the 18th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the assembly on Thursday.
Adinde said that the Nigerian candidate also emerged as executive secretary of the association.
“Aboki scored the highest number of total votes cast ahead of contestants from Liberia, Guinea, and Benin. x
“He succeeds the outgoing ES, Elhadj Mamman Laminou of Niger Republic, who held sway at WATRA for two tenures.
“The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, expressed optimism that the emergence of Nigeria as both chairman and executive secretary of the sub-regional assembly, will offer a new impetus for greater collaboration among member states,” he said.