Maida takes over from Umar Garba Danbatta, who held the office from 2015 to 2023.
His appointment was made known in a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, titled, ‘President Tinubu appoints new leadership across the communications, innovation, and digital economy sectors.’
Below are the 10 facts about the new NCC boss:
1. Maida was born in 1979.
2. He hails from Katsina State
3. He holds an MEng in Information Systems Engineering from Imperial College, London in 2002.
4. He was awarded a PhD in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from the University of Bath, United Kingdom in 2006.
5. He was a System Engineer at Ubiquisys, a leading company in intelligent 3G and LTE small cells, which is now part of Cisco between 2006 and 2010.
6. He also worked as a Network Design Consultant at EE, part of BT Group, and one of the largest mobile communications companies in the UK between 2010 and 2014.
7. He completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship (FinTech Pathway) programme at the Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom between 2018 and 2019.
8. Prior to his appointment, he was the Chief Technical Officer at the Nigerian-based FinTech Arca Payments Network and Senior Manager at Cisco Systems, United Kingdom.
9. He has over 15 years of multi-functional and international experience in FinTech & Telecoms & Enterprise Technology.
10. He is married with children.
