Omobola Johnson

Omobola Olubusola Johnson (born 28 June 1963) is a Nigerian technocrat and the Honorary Chairperson of the global Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI).[1][2][3][4][5] She is also a former[2][6] and first Minister of Communication Technology in the cabinet of President Goodluck Jonathan.[7][3][8][9][10]

Dr. Omobola Johnson
Honorary Chairperson, Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI)
Assumed office
Dr. Omobola Johnson, was minister of Information and communication in Nigeria (2011 – 2015)
Personal details
Born (1963-06-28) 28 June 1963
Alma materUniversity of Manchester
King's College London
Cranfield University

Education

She was educated at the International School Ibadan and the University of Manchester (BEng, Electrical and Electronic Engineering) and King's College London (MSc, Digital Electronics).[11] She has a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) from Cranfield University.[12][13]

Career

Prior to her Ministerial appointment she was country managing director for Accenture, Nigeria.[14] She had worked with Accenture since 1985 when it was Andersen Consulting. Johnson is the pioneer head of the country's communication technology ministry, which was created as part of the transformation agenda of the Nigerian government.[15]

Johnson co-founded a women's organization, WIMBIZ in 2001.[16] She has earned several public commendation since taking up her first government assignment as minister in 2011.[17] This is following the numerous achievements of her ministry notably among which is the launch of the NigComSat-IR Satellite.[18] This has helped to complement the country's efforts at fibre connectivity and the provision of greater bandwidth. The ministry under her watch has also deployed more than 700 personal computers to secondary schools in the first phase of School Access Programme (SAP) while about 193 tertiary institutions in the country now have internet access in the Tertiary Institution Access Programme ( TIAP) and 146 communities have access to Community Communication Centers deployed around the country.[19]

Other achievements of the ministry under Johnson include:

A collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria to drive digital and financial inclusion using the Post Office infrastructure; 10Gbs Fibre optic Network to connect Nigerian Universities to wider research and education universe, in partnership with the NUC, World Bank and TetFund;[20] Facilitating e-Government drive with over 86,000 email addresses deployed for Government use on the .gov.ng domain names, and 250 websites hosted on .gov.ng platform as well as 382 MDAs connected in Abuja and other parts of the country; Creating the enabling environment for local development of iPad-equivalent tablets; Signing of an MoU with Nokia to establish a lab in Nigeria to support the domestic mobile software industry; Inauguration of the National Council on Information Communication Technology with state / FCT Commissioner of ICT as members.[21]

On 30 May 2013, Omobola presented the Nigerian National Broadband Plan for 2013 to 2018 to President Goodluck Jonathan.[22] Following a minor cabinet reshuffle In September 2013 by President Goodluck Jonathan, she was given an extra task of supervising the operations of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology.[23]

Omobola is currently a non-executive director of Guinness Nigeria PLC and MTN[24] and Chairperson of Custodian and Allied Insurance Limited.[25]

Personal life

Omobola is married with children. Her father-in-law is Mobolaji Johnson.[26]

References
  1. "a4ai welcomes Dr. Omobola Johnson as new honorary chair".
  2. Published. "Ex-minister, Mobola Johnson, seeks equal opportunities for career women". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  3. "Vanguard newspaper – Page 213 – Channels Television". Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  4. "Indigenous operators condemn government's low patronage". guardian.ng. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  5. "Foreign debt: Nigeria, other debtor countries, at risk, IMF warns". The Sun Nigeria. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  6. "Ex-minister fumes over N29,000 'crazy bill' for power not used". Tribune Online. 22 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  7. "Omobola Johnson". Omobola Johnson – World Economic Forum.
  8. Published. "Telecom operators seek executive order to stop multiple taxes". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  9. "Buhari unfair to ministers - Omobola Johnson". Vanguard News. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  10. editor (20 June 2019). "Ex-minister Harps on Gender Inclusion". THISDAYLIVE. Retrieved 23 May 2020.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  11. "Omobola Johnson". World Bank Live. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  12. "Omobola Johnson". cranfield.ac.uk.
  13. http://fmst.gov.ng/
  14. "LLA 50 leading ladies in corporate Nigeria". guardian.ng. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  15. Super User. "About the Ministry". commtech.gov.ng.
  16. "Omobola Johnson commends Sterling Bank's high-level gender inclusion". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  17. "Digitization'll place Nigeria on global map — Johnson". Vanguard News. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  18. NIGCOMSAT LTD. "Nigeria Communications Satellite LTD". nigcomsat.com.
  19. Boss Africa. "Boss Africa Magazine – Nigerian Women at the Top : Omobola Johnson Olubusola Honorable Minister of Communication Technology". bossafricamagazine.com.
  20. "We've linked 27 universities, 1,552 schools, 1.45m students to internet — FG". Pulse Nigeria. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  21. "Indigenous operators condemn government's low patronage". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  22. "FG TO PARTNER WITH IRELAND ON ICT INNOVATION". www.commtech.gov.ng. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  23. http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/top-stories/5334-ministers-fired-in-target-of-rebel-govs
  24. Published. "Johnson, Alli joins MTN in board shake-up". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  25. "Omobola Olubusola Johnson, Tlcom Capital Partners Limited: Profile and Biography - Bloomberg Markets". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  26. Tunji Olaopa (7 June 2015). "Rethinking The Capability Readiness Of The Public Service: Lessons From Minister Omobola Johnson". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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