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Henry Chukwudumeme Nkemadu has been appointed as the new director of public affairs at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).

Nkemadu replaces Nnamdi Nwokike who took over after Tony Ojobo’s retirement in 2018.

Umar Danbatta, NCC’s executive vice chairman, said the appointment is in line with the commission’s policy of putting round pegs in round holes for optimum performance.

“Dr Henry has had a rewarding opportunity of traversing the entire telecom regulatory ecosystem which experience he will find handy as the new spokesman of the Commission,” Danbatta said.

Nkemadu joined the NCC as a principal manager in business development in September 2003 with responsibilities as strategist for the department, evaluating, regulating and managing all departmental requirements. He handled proposals on capacity building initiatives in liaison with international agencies for capacity building.

He holds multiple degrees/certificates in several disciplines from three universities both in Nigeria and the United States of America (USA).

He also served as the deputy director and head of Emerging Technologies Research, Research and Development department from January 2017, where he coordinated and synchronized various research activities in the commission to assess the effectiveness of the regulatory decisions and actions.

As an assistant director of the policy, competition and economic analysis department, he facilitated reviews of telecom industry policies, articulated and evaluated the implementation of regulatory policies.

As the zonal controller, and administrative head of the Lagos Zonal Office, he managed human resources as well as being the NCC representative in the Lagos zone.