Pantami inaugurates NIMC, NIPOST, NITDA’s governing boards

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Pantami has inaugurated 44 members of the Governing boards of National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA).

Speaking during the inauguration ceremony in Abuja, Pantami urged the board’s members to drive the implementation of Digital economy policies.

Pantami said the responsibilities of newly inaugurated Governing Board members was to oversee and oversee the activities of the parastatals as well cascade the national policies developed by the supervising ministry.

“We have inaugurated 44 Governing Board members, 17 for NIMC with ex officials members including those appointed by Mr President and others.

“NITDA we have 19 including the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer who serves as the secretary and members of the board and NIPOST have 8 members. we do hope you continue to display maturity,”he said.

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“You should try your best within the responsibilities that have been assigned to you by the various enabling Acts establishing these parastatals and other government policies and directives that may come up from time to time.

“More than 90 per cent of them appointed today were reappointed as a result of our recommendation as well as due to their display of maturity in the way and manner they interact with the parastatals.

“We must ensure that we respect constitutional authority in whatever we do. And the Board has no power as regards to awarding contracts and the Minister has no power when it comes to awarding contracts as an independent status.

“We are part of the board of management and we are not part of the tenders board.

“To be fair to all of you. I am so much grateful in the way and manner you try to display maturity of yourself, operate within the ambit of the laws and government policies and hope you improve in the second tenure,” Pantami said.