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| 30th January 2006 | New Jon Postel IT Center Commissioned in Nigeria |
Dear Members of the Internet Society Community,
I am deligthed to inform you that on Monday 30 January 2006, ISOC NIGERIA CHAPTER commissioned another project that is part of the Jon Postel's IT centers programme.
The IT Center is located at the Federal University of Technology Nnamdi Azikiwe, at Akwa, Anambra State, Nigeria.
This last center has been made possible thanks to our traditional sponsors and a support of the IEEE student members of the University section.
The center is located in the department of Electrical/Electronic Engineering being part of the Faculty of Engineering and comprises:
- 15 Computers fully equipped and networked, connected to Internet via a VSAT having a band of 128/64Kbs;
- All the necessary electrical wiring, furnitures and air conditioning equipment.
This project that started on mid 2005 has a value of US$ 28,000 approximately.
The IT Center has been named after our late first president Prof. T.C.Nwodo, and in Memory of Jon Postel that is the name of our IT center project. Authorities and school officials as well as Prof's relatives, students and professionals attended the ceremony and everybody praised the role of ISOC program.
This is the eighth IT center commissioned on this program since its inception on 2002. We are planning for this year to estabilish another two IT centers located in other Nigerian Universities.
Thanks again for your continue support at this programme.
Sincerely,
Giandomenico
Partial view of the IT Center computers
Another view of computers at commissioning
The Electrical Engineering HOD cutting the tape and commissioning the center
School authorities and guest on the way to the IT Center for the Commissioning;
Faculty authorities at VC office before commissioning
Prof T.C.Nwodo's widow making a speech at Commissioning
The Electrical Engineering HOD discover the plaque at IT Center
