Prof Danbatta bags ‘Man of the Year Award’

The Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Garba Danbatta has received MONEYReport Magazine’s ‘MAN OF THE YEAR ‘(2020) award in Abuja.

NewsDirect learnt in a statement tweeted via the Commission’s official handle.

It reads, “the Executive Vice Chairman(EVC) and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission(NCC) Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta receives the prestigious “Man of the Year 2020″ Award by the Publishers of the MoneyReports Magazine today at the Commission’s Head Office, Maitama Abuja”.

The EVC and the editorial management of MoneyReports were seen in photo shots during the award presentation.

Earlier making the announcement in Lagos over the weekend, the Publisher and Executive Editor of MONEYReport Magazine and Publications, Mr Nik Ogbulie, noted that Danbatta emerged winner after considerations by the Board of Editorial Advisors of the publication at the end of the 2020 economic development calendar in the country, where the leadership efforts and impacts of major operators in the Nigerian economy were x-rayed.

He noted that, “the erudite scholar has demonstrated outstanding and selfless sense of responsibility as a leader and a super transformer of the Nigerian communications industry, with commanding innovations that have optimized Nigeria’s very long walk to telecommunications efficiency; an effort that has also improved the effectiveness of telcos”.

This is coming after the EVC also received the Zik’s prestigious award in 2020.