By Ikechukwu Chukwuma

EXECUTIVE Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, is billed to deliver the 23rd  professorial inaugural lecture of Bayero University, Kano, BUK, on November 2, 2017.

•Prof Umar Garba Danbatta

The professor of telecommunications engineering is to speak on Getting out of Woods: Diversifying the Nigerian Economy through Telecommunications Sector, just as Danbatta has accepted the invitation of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, Kabuga Branch to also deliver the 1st  Engineer I K Inuwa Annual Public Lecture on Saturday, November 4, 2017.

Earlier this year, the professor joined the league of eminent Nigerians who delivered the Convocation Lecture of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he spoke on The Role of ICT Infrastructure in Tertiary Education in Nigeria: NCC Interventions.