[AfrICANN-discuss] NIRA President, Engr Ndukwe Kalu, passes on

[Baudouin SCHOMBE]

a deep condelences to our brother and never we can forget him

let God keep him in the peace

Baudouin

2009/9/11, Eric M.K Osiakwan <emko at internetresearch.com.gh>:
>
> An honourary citizen of the human race has passed way and we in the ICT
> fraternity in Africa MUST honour his memorial.
>
> Rest in absolute peace, Bro. Ndukwe but your work lives on.
>
> A grieving weekend in Africa.
>
> Eric here
>
>
> On 11 Sep 2009, at 13:22, Anne-Rachel Inné wrote:
>
>  Dear All,
>>
>> I come with a heavy heart with the below announcement. Still in shock and
>> grieving. The African Internet Community has lost one of its hardest working
>> sons.
>> My,and ICANN's, most heartfelt condolences go out to his family, the
>> African ICT community and Nigeria. May he rest in peace.
>>
>> AR
>>
>> **************************
>> PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>
>> NIRA President, Engr Ndukwe Kalu, passes on
>>
>> Lagos. Wednesday 9 September, 2009. The Nigerian Internet Registration
>> Association (NIRA) regrets to announce the demise of its pioneer President,
>> late Engr Ndukwe Kalu, who died in Lagos yesterday.
>> According to Vice President, NIRA, Mrs Mary Uduma, with the death of late
>> Engr Kalu, “the country has lost a dedicated ICT professional who dedicated
>> his expertise, resources and short presence with us to the overall growth
>> and development of the information and communication technology (ICT)
>> industry in Nigeria.”
>> Under the leadership of late Engr Kalu, Nigeria recently recorded the
>> successful full redelegation and local management of Nigeria’s country code
>> top level domain name, the .ng.
>> “With his passing away, we have lost an irreplaceable individual who was
>> passionately committed to ensuring the growth and development of the
>> Nigerian Internet community and pursued this with zeal to his last day on
>> earth”, added Mrs Uduma.
>> “For us at NIRA, we were shocked to learn of his demise but have taken
>> comfort in the conviction that it was the way his Maker had willed it. But
>> we remember him for the zeal he has contributed to the activities of NIRA
>> particularly the landmark achievement of full control of Nigeria’s domain
>> name on May 13, 2009
>> leading to full local management of the registry ”, added Mrs Uduma.
>>
>> According to the NIRA Vice President, the body will liaise with the family
>> which is expected to announce further burial arrangements in due course.
>> Before his passing on, late Engr. Kalu was into design and installation of
>> various networks for over a decade. Also noteworthy was the fact that Engr.
>> Kalu pioneered IT publications in Nigeria.
>> This was through the publishing of Nigeria’s first IT magazine called IT
>> WATCH AFRICA in 1994. From there, late Engr. Kalu revolutionized newspaper
>> IT reporting by conceptualizing and commencing the first robust IT section
>> in the Nigerian Newspaper history, tagged InfoTech ThisDay in 1998.
>> He was a member of several professional bodies some of which are Nigeria
>> Society of Engineers, Nigeria Computer society, Nigeria Institute of
>> management, Chartered Institute of Administration, Institute of Data
>> processing and management (IDPM) London, among others.
>> Late Engr. Kalu also served on various boards some of which are Amsco
>> Telecoms Limited, Amsco Nigeria Limited, Admiral Insurance Company Limited,
>> Pricehouse Communication Limited, Alphastream Solutions Nigeria Limited,
>> among others.
>> He also recently served as a joint committee of the Nigeria Communications
>> Commission and ISPN on developing a suitable regulation for the use of ISM
>> band. In 2004 he was elected as National Vice President of the Internet
>> Service Providers Association of Nigeria (ISPAN). Also he served on the NCC
>> Industry committee set up to advise on VoIP regulation.
>> Late Engr. Kalu also served on the National Cyber crime Working Group, a
>> body set up by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to fashion out effective
>> legislation and system to fight cybercrime in Nigeria.
>> Engr. Kalu has recently spearhead several initiative to improve
>> teledensity and Internet penetration in Nigeria, one of which is Naijawifi,
>> an alliance of Nigerian ISPs set to blanket all of Nigeria with Wi-Fi
>> Internet Access. He was also the Chairman of NCC/Presidential Committee to
>> actualize a sustainable Internet Exchange for Nigeria.
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