*The Governing Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission describes the appointment of Princess Oforitsenere Emiko as a move that anchors the Commission’s plan to reposition its Digital Training Institute for the next era of the country’s communications sector and the burgeoning digital economy
Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect
The Governing Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has appointed Princess Oforitsenere Emiko as the Interim Chairman of the Board of the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI).
ConsumerConnect reports the NCC said Princess Emiko’s appointment signalled a move that anchors the Commission’s plan to reposition the Institute for the next era of Nigeria’s communications sector and digital economy.
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The telecoms sector regulatory Commission said the interim Chairman would be joined on the DBI Board by Engr. Abraham Oshadami, Executive Commissioner, Technical Services (ECTS), and Ms. Rimini Makama, Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management (ECSM), who have also joined as interim Board members.
Mrs. Nnenna Ukoha, Director of Public Affairs at NCC, Monday, June 8, 2026, also stated that the DBI interim leadership would work alongside Mr. David Daser, President/CEO of the Institute, and the remaining Board members whose tenures are unexpired, to drive its transformation.
Established by the NCC May 2004, the Commission affirmed it created DBI as a specialised centre for training in telecommunications and Information Technology (IT) in the country.
Ukoha stated that in the last two decades, the sector of the Nigerian economy the Institute has served has grown from telecommunications into a broad, fast-moving digital economy.
The NCC noted the emerging Nigeria Digital Economy is where technology now advances quickly enough to demand continuous specialised training, and where communications infrastructure has become a matter of national sovereignty and oversight.
The Director of Public Affairs stated that securing and advancing the future of communications and the digital economy is now a clear national and economic priority in the country.
“That future also rests on Nigeria’s young population.
“With 70 percent of Nigerians under the age of 30, the DBI transformation is designed to empower young people, equip them with advanced technical skills, and close the capability gap that currently slows the pace of technology adoption across the communications sector and the wider digital economy,” she said.
The Commission further disclosed the repositioned Digital Bridge Institute would concentrate on five areas.
These are Education and Training, Research and Development, Innovation, Economic Impact and Growth, and Emerging Policy and Regulation, revealed Ukoha.
According to NCC, the strategy has been shaped through engagements beyond the Commission and the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy (FMCIDE), including consultations with the Federal Ministry of Education and TETFund, the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, and the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI).