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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Ann,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Please find attached letter to the ICT Industry and Internet
Community regarding the burial arrangements and Appeal fund in honour of our
fallen hero, Ndukwe Kalu. Kindly give it the widest readership.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Venue and time of the program would be published soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Thank you <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Mrs. Mary Uduma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>For The Executive Board<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Nigeria Internet Registration Association<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Anne-Rachel Inné
[mailto:annerachel@gmail.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 11, 2009 2:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> africann@afrinic.net<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Chris Disspain; Mary Uduma; aminu@forum.org.ng;
sfolayan@skannet.com.ng<br>
<b>Subject:</b> NIRA President, Engr Ndukwe Kalu, passes on<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Dear All, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>My,and ICANN's, most heartfelt condolences go out to
his family, the African ICT community and Nigeria. May he rest in peace.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>AR<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>
<br>
NIRA President, Engr Ndukwe Kalu, passes on<br>
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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.<br>
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 <span class=yshortcuts>information and communication
technology</span> (ICT) industry in Nigeria.”<br>
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.<br>
“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.<br>
“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<br>
leading to full local management of the registry ”, added Mrs Uduma.<br>
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According to the NIRA Vice President, the body will liaise with the family
which is expected to announce further burial arrangements in due course.<br>
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.<br>
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.<br>
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 <span
class=yshortcuts>Data processing</span> and management (IDPM) London, among
others.<br>
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.<br>
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 <span class=yshortcuts>National Vice President</span>
of the <span class=yshortcuts>Internet Service Providers Association</span> of
Nigeria (ISPAN). Also he served on the NCC Industry committee set up to advise
on VoIP regulation.<br>
Late Engr. Kalu also served on the National Cyber crime Working Group, a body
set up by <span class=yshortcuts>former President Olusegun Obasanjo</span> to
fashion out effective legislation and system to fight cybercrime in Nigeria.<br>
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 <span class=yshortcuts>Wi-Fi
Internet Access</span>. He was also the Chairman of NCC/Presidential Committee
to actualize a sustainable Internet Exchange for Nigeria.<o:p></o:p></p>
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