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Approval
By Constance Athekame
Abuja, Sept. 19, 2016 (NAN) The Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), Kano has gotten approval from the National Board for Technical Education to operate as an Innovation Enterprise Institution.
This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Tony Ojobo, the Director, Public Affairs of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) on Monday in Abuja.
Ojobo said that the letter conveying the approval was signed by the Executive Secretary of NBTE, Dr Masudu Kazuare on behalf of the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu.
Ojobo said that the approval took effect from May 3.
He added that the Enterprise Institution would run programmes like National Innovation Diploma for Telecommunication Technology, Multimedia Technology, Networking and system Security, Computer Software Engineering and Computer Hardware Engineering among others.
“The approval, according to NBTE is subject to the institutions strict compliance with the Federal Government’s terms and conditions governing the operations of Innovation Enterprise Institutions.
“Part of the terms contained in the letter is that the approval is subject to DBI admitting not more than one stream of 30 students for each of the programmes.’’
He said that the admission of the students into the approved programmes would commence from 2016/2017 session.
“The approval from the NBTE followed a visitation jointly carried out by the Federal Ministry of Education and NBTE,’’ he said.
Ojobo quoted the Director of DBI, Dr Ike Adindeas as saying that the approval was in the right direction.
According to Ojobo, DBI is a specialised institution committed to the creation of a knowledge-based information society in Nigeria through human capacity building in Telecommunication and Information as well as Communication Technology.
He said that the institution was established by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in 2004 with its main campus and learning centre in Abuja.
He said that DBI now had regional centres in Lagos, Kano, Enugu, Yola and Asaba.
“The institution’s facilities include well equipped training rooms, multimedia teaching aids, video conference facilities among others. (NAN)
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Edited by Fatima Sule/Ese E. Ekama