President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu have felicitated the Chairman, Board of Directors of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye, who clocked 85years yesterday.
The birthday celebration held at the Metropolitan Club, on Kofo Abayomi, Victoria Island, was attended by the crème de la crème from across political and business circles, a statement from NCC said yesterday.
The birthday celebration also featured the launch of a biographical book on the celebrant authored by Dare Babarinsa and Dele Fashomi, the NCC statement said.
Speaking at the event, Buhari, who was represented by the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, described Durojaye as a man of integrity, who has deployed his intellectualism to benefit the business and political spaces in the country.
Also speaking, Tinubu’s representative at the forum, Senator Demola Seriki, described the NCC chair as a ‘public-spirited and committed individual, who has remained faithful to the drive for true democratic precepts and revolution till date.
Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof Umar Danbatta, said Durojaiye’s appointment as NCC board chairman has strengthened the Commission in piloting the affairs of the nation’s telecoms industry.
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