TY Danjuma Chairs ntel Board (News)

 

Danjuma with other members of the team

NatCom Development & Investment Limited “NatCom” (trading as ntel) on Wednesday July 27, 2016, announced elder statesman, accomplished businessman and respected philanthropist, General TY Danjuma, as the Chairman of its board.

Danjuma had his inaugural board meeting yesterday with former chairman, Dr. Tunde Ayeni, who is now the Vice Chairman and other members of the board including Captain Idahosa Okunbo, Abiola Ayeni, Kasheem Shettima, Philip Chukwu, Kola Adesina, John Darlington, Dan Kunle, Babatunde Omotoba and Kamar Abass.

Danjuma fondly referred to as ‘the green general’ on account of his environmental activism, has interests in oil and gas, banking and shipping. A respected environmentalist and philanthropist, he was Chairman of Abuja Green Society and through his own Danjuma Foundation, established in 2009, passionatelysupportspoverty alleviation, education and medical aid initiatives across Nigeria.

General Danjuma brings to the ntel board robust commercial experience covering some three decades in the public and private sectors, following a successful career in the army from where he retired as a three-star General and Chief of Army Staff in 1980. He also served as Minister of Defence in the first term of the civilian administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Commenting on this key addition to ntel’s board, Kamar Abass, ntel’s CEO, remarked “We are delighted to have a man of General TY Danjuma’s standing join us. As our new chairman and as a shareholder, we welcome his support as we add momentum to our growth and development in Nigeria’s telecoms industry. We expect to benefit enormously from General Danjuma’s sterling leadership credentials and, in this way, to build on the excellent work of our immediate past chairman, Dr. Tunde Ayeni, who positioned ntel to deliver the leading Broadband experiences already evidenced in Lagos and Abuja.”

ntel is reputed to be Nigeria’s most advanced mobile 4G/LTE network providing superfast Internet Access that enables high-definition voice, data and video services. ntel’s network is built on the 900/1800 Mhz frequency bands which are the best propagation frequencies for the deployment of 4G/LTE technology.