The Nigerian Communications Commission has donated a total of 385 more books on Engineering as well as Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to four institutions in different parts of the country in support of capacity building in telecommunications and ICT in Nigeria.
The benefiting institutions in this phase of the NCC Book Donation Project are University of Calabar, Calabar, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, and Federal Polytechnic, Offa. Each of the three universities received 100 books while the polytechnic got 85 books, all of which were the latest editions.
Delegations of the NCC comprising commissioners and management staff were at the four institutions between April 6 and May 16, 2008 to present the books to the heads of the institutions.
According to Dave Imoko, head, public affairs, NCC, as a socially responsible corporate citizen and aware of the dearth of up-to-date books in most tertiary educational institutions and public libraries in the country, the NCC took the initiative to procure the books for them.
The benefiting institutions in the first phase of the NCC Book Donation Project in 2007 were Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu, Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna, and Gombe State Library, Gombe, each of which received 100 books.
The NCC Book Donation Project is designed to provide current, high quality Engineering and ICT books to tertiary educational institutions and public libraries in the six geo-political zones of the country. The objective of the project is to give future professionals in the ICT industry the opportunity to acquire quality education as well as to promote the reading culture among the youth.
In this phase of the NCC Book Donation Project, at the University of Calabar, Chief Patrick Kentebe, a commissioner of NCC, presented the books to Professor Friday Mbon, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic, and at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Professor Ilochi Okafor the Vice Chancellor, received the books from Dr. Michael Onyia a commissioner of the NCC,.
Also in this phase, Professor Babatunde Adeleke, Vice Chancellor of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, received the books from the Engr. Steve Bello, executive commissioner, Licensing and Consumer Affairs, while a commissioner, Mr. Bayo Atoyebi, presented the books to the Librarian at Federal Polytechnic, Offa.