 |
| dame patience goodluck jonathan, COP champion |
Nigerian First Lady and President, African First Ladies Peace Mission, Dame (Dr) Patience Goodluck Jonathan, has been appointed by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) as its Child Online Protection (COP) Champion.
ITU Secretary-General, Dr Hamadoun I. Touré disclosed this to DigitalSENSE Business News in an official statement, saying that the First Lady received her letter of appointment from the Director of ITU’s Telecommunication Development Bureau, Brahima Sanou, who met with her today, Friday, May 10, to discuss issues related to cyberthreats and cybersecurity in the Africa region.
Mr. Sanou, who was accompanied by Datuk Mohd Noor Amin, Chairman of the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (IMPACT), ITU’s executing arm for cybersecurity, and Andrew Rugege, ITU Regional Director for Africa, described the appointment as great honour.
“Her commitment is further confirmation of the key role that ITU is playing as a global catalyst and facilitator in international dialogue and cooperation in the area of cybersecurity,” he said.
Sanou stressed that the “COP framework has become a crucial means of creating a safe environment for our children while they are on the net. Both ITU and IMPACT have faith in Her Excellency’s ability to spread this message and push for reforms not only in the Africa region but across the globe.”
Datuk Mohd Noor Amin said Dame Jonathan, who has won numerous accolades for her charitable work involving women and children, would be the perfect advocate for ITU’s Child Online Protection initiative.
“Her Excellency is both a progressive leader and renowned humanitarian, and is the ideal candidate to help ITU-IMPACT in its mission to push for COP awareness and the need for national online protection frameworks to protect and support the younger generations online,” Datuk said.
Remmy Nweke
... Making SENSE of digital revolution!
No comments:
Post a Comment