Telecom stakeholders hail Ndukwe’s appointment as MTN chair

Engr Ernest Ndukwe’s elevation as Chairman of the Board of MTN, which he joined in June 2018 as a NonExecutive Director, has continued to receive applause from a cross section of the critical stakeholders in the nation’s telecommunications industry.

To many, it is the elixir needed for the continued transformation of MTN as the leading telecoms company in Nigeria.

They said Engr Ndukwe would deploy his rich and vast knowledge of telecommunications engineering and evident expertise in management for the continued growth and development of MTN Nigeria in particular and the ICT industry in general.

A seasoned telecom technocrat, Engr. Ndukwe was appointed Chairman of the board of Nigeria’s leading telecommunications company, MTN Communications Nigeria Plc last week.

Ndukwe, a former Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of Nigerian Communications Commission(NCC), is fondly called Mr. Telecoms for his vast experience and rich contributions to the growth of telecommunications industry over the years.

A highly respected telecommunications professional, Dr Ndukwe’s career has gone full circle, starting from the private sector as the Managing Director of a notable telecommunications company, he moved into government service at the helm of the industry regulatory agency as EVC of NCC and back to the private sector and now Chairman of Nigeria’s largest operating company MTN.

Cerebral and a hands on manager, Ndukwe was an adjunct faculty at the Pan Atlantic University/Lagos Business School and also a Director of the School’s Infrastructure Center.

His passion for human capacity development in the industry led to the birth of the Digital Bridge Institute, an international centre for telecommunications and information technology studies, during his tour of duty as EVC of NCC.