NCC: We’re Committed To Bridging Digital Gender Divide￼ - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 19, 2022
Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta restated this commitment in Lagos at the 2022 Nigerian Women Entrepreneurs and Executives in Tech Summit (WEETS), where he was conferred with the ‘Icon of Digital Revolution Award’ for his role in stimulating digital connectivity in Nigeria, said promotion of gender equality is a major component of ICT development.
He noted that the gender dimensions of ICT, manifest in access and use, capacity-building opportunities, employment and potential for empowerment, and that all these dimensions need to be explicitly identified.