President Muhammadu Buhari has taken delivery of the first-ever Nigeria-made cellphone called ITF Mobile.
The product was presented to President Buhari by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, just before the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Introducing the product to the President, Otunba Adebayo said it was produced by the Electrical/Electronics Technology Department of the Industrial Training Fund’s, ITF Model Skills Training Centre, using locally sourced components.
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“It gives me great pleasure, Mr President, to present you with one of the phones. Twelve indigenous mobile cell phones produced by the Model Skills Training Centre of the Industrial Training Fund; an agency under the Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment was also launched,” Adebayo said.
The President also presided over the swearing-in ceremony of a Commissioner each for both the National Population Commission, NPC, and the Federal Civil Service Commission, FCSC.
Those sworn-in were Wakil Bukar as Commissioner of the Federal Civil Service Commission, FCC, and Mohammed Dattijo Usman as Commissioner of the National Population Commission, (NPC).
Bukar is to replace the FCC Commissioner from Bauchi State while Usman replaces the NPC Commissioner from Niger State. Representatives from the two States died recently.
Meanwhile, President Buhari is currently chairing the FEC meeting at the conference room of the First Lady’s office.
Those attending the meeting physically are the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo (SAN); Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha; and Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari.
Others include the Ministers of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; Finance, Zainab Ahmed; Justice, Abubakar Malami; and Industry, Trade and investment, Niyi Adebayo.
The Head of Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, and other Ministers are participating in the weekly cabinet meeting from their various offices in Abuja.
(Editor: Abaje Usekwe)
