ABUJA, 09 JULY, 2021: executive chairman, Phase3 – Mr Stanley Jegede in the company of management team; on Friday, 9th July 2021, inaugurated the full and free deployment of Phase3 fibre broadband to International Centre for Islamic Culture and Education (ICICE) as well as the institution’s mosque and academy in Wuse II, Abuja.
This Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative rides on the company’s commitment to using its telecom and technology prowess for sustainable good. Through education, tech skill building and free smart connectivity programmes as goal specific vehicles for empowering identified communities and institutions.
The two hour programme which held at Al-Noor Academy was jointly coordinated by Phase3 and ICICE as well as had industry leaders, partners, stakeholders, ICICE board leadership accompanied by management team, and distinguished guests in attendance;
Notably, Honourable Minister, Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami; Group Managing Director NNPC, Mele Kolo Kyari; Managing Director, National Petroleum Telecommunications Limited, Mr Sanusi Yerima; senior officials and representatives of Honourable Minister of Power, Engr. Sale Mamman and Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mr Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi; Chairman ICICE Board of Trustees, Professor Ibrahim Sulaiman; Chairman Al-Noor Academy Board of Directors, Dr Mohammed Dada; Ag. Director General & Director Arts Counseling and Culture, Sheikh Abdulfattah Adeyemi; and Chief Imam, ICICE Al-Noor Mosque, Sheikh Mahamat Saleh.
And in his keynote address, the minister Dr. Isa Ali Pantami lauded the initiative as one that is well aligned with FG digital economy policies and NBP 2020 – 2025 designed to encourage and foster more ICT collaborations for sustainable access to the internet and broadband services as well as digital literacy and skill building for national development including greater economic inclusion of the unserved and the underserved in our communities.
As he enjoined ICICE as an institution of repute to maximize the opportunity Phase3 free fibre broadband deployment provides to the centre, academy as well as Masjid for learning, research and training while imbibing a consistent maintenance culture that the access provisioned requires for optimal performance.
More so, in the speeches delivered by ICICE and Al-Noor Academy board chairs Professor Ibrahim Sulaiman, and Dr Mohammed Dada as well as Ag. Director General, Sheikh Abdulfattah Adeyemi; it was garnered that such broadband fibre solution has donated freely by Phase3 is more than welcome as before now the centre had faced online access limitations in driving its quality programmes within its facilities or remotely. That such unlimited internet access could not have come at a better time, and is very vital to the center maintaining an ICT compliance standard as well as technology savvy that keeps its learning, training, assistance, inter-faith dialogue and counseling programmes at par with global counterparts.
And in his closing statement Executive Chairman, Phase3, Mr Stanley Jegede affirmed that the company ” remains committed to helping the institution continue to achieve its operational goals and optimize its formal learning, training and cultural programmes through seamless connectivity solutions”. Beyond this, Phase3 is also poised to support ICICE with its infrastructure layered technology solutions including cloud and cyber security solutions that will enhance the centre’s virtual lectures, video conferencing and sundry activities.
