NgREN/CONES Board
The Honourable Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, has approved the expansion of NgREN's Terms of Reference (ToR) to cover not only tertiary institutions but also foundational/basic schools and therefore its redesignation as NgREN/CONES.
As a result, membership of the Board has also been expanded to include other critical stakeholders from the basic education sector, as well as representatives of relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).
The 23-member NgREN/CONES Board are:
- Hon. Osita Chidoka, OFR - Chairman
- The Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission
- The Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education
- The Executive Secretary, National Commission for Colleges of Education
- The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund
- The Chairman, Committee of Vice-Chancellors (Federal)
- The Chairman, Committee of Vice-Chancellors of State Universities
- The Chairman, Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Private Universities
- The Chairman, Committee of Rectors
- The Chairman, Committee of Provosts
- Programme Coordinator, NEDI, Federal Ministry of Education
- The Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigerian Communication Commission
- The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Galaxy Backbone Limited
- The Secretary, Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF)
- The Director-General, Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd (NIGCOMSAT)
- The Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)
- Representative of the Honourable Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy (Coordinator, Project Bridge)
- The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission
- The Executive Secretary, National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC)
- The Director, Basic Education, Federal Ministry of Education
- The Coordinator, Special Programs Operation and Implementation Unit (SPOIU)
- Dr Joshua Atah, Programme Coordinator, NgREN/CONES & Board Secretary
- Engr Joseph Odo, Director of ICT, TETFund - Co Secretary