Kashifu Inuwa bags Forbes CEO Award as NITDA trains 100 journalists

• Published date: 14 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Kashifu Abdullahi Inuwa has won the 2022 'Foreign Investment Network (FIN)-Forbes Outstanding Corporate Governance CEO'.

Inuwa was announced as the winner at a virtual award ceremony on Friday, just as NITDA concluded training of over 100 journalists on digital journalism and fact-checking.

Reading the citation, a Global AI Strategist and Innovator, Dalith Steiger described Inuwa as a versatile IT professional, strategist and transformation manager with experience spanning 16 years in private and public sectors.

'A graduate of Computer Science from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Kashifu is a thoroughbred IT professional and the first Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) in Nigeria's public sector.

'He is also a Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Sloan - trained strategist and has participated in various Leadership and Management courses in Harvard University, Cambridge University, and IMD Business School, Switzerland, among others.

'Following professional stints at Galaxy Backbone Limited, the Central Bank of Nigeria, and sterling performance as the Technical Assistant to the then DG, President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Kashifu as DG of NITDA in August 2019', Steiger added.

While appreciating FIN and Forbes for the recognition, Inuwa noted that NITDA has worked tirelessly to adhere to the highest standards of corporate governance.

'We have implemented robust processes and systems to ensure that our operations are transparent, accountable, and in line with our...