Isa Ali Pantami FNCS, FBCS, FIIM, MCPN, CON. | |
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| Minister of Communications and Digital Economy | |
| In office 21 August 2019 – 29 May 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Adebayo Shittu |
| Succeeded by | Bosun Tijani |
| Director General of the NITDA | |
| In office 26 September 2016 – 20 August 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Jack |
| Succeeded by | Inuwa Kashifu Abdullahi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Isa Ali Ibrahim Gombe State, Nigeria |
| Relations | Married |
| Residence | Abuja |
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Isa Ali Ibrahim () popularly known as Isa Ali Pantami, is a Nigerian politician and Islamic cleric, who was minister of Communications and Digital Economy from 2019 to 2023. He also was director general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) of Nigeria from 26 September 2016 to 20 August 2019, before he was nominated as minister and sworn into office on 21 August 2019.[1][2][3]
Pantami is among seven readers (associate professors) promoted to Professor by the Governing Council of Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) at its 186th meeting held on Friday, 20 August 2021.[4][5][6][7] However, this promotion continues to generate controversy, and has been strongly questioned by some intellectuals on allegations that it did not follow the extant due process in professorship appointments in Nigeria academia. During all this controversial, no word was heard from Pantami.[8][9]
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- ^ Meet the New NITDA Director-General-Dr Isa Ali Pantami Archived 30 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Sahara Standard
- ^ "Communications Minister, Pantami Becomes Professor of Cyber Security". PRNigeria. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ "Pantami promoted to professor of cyber security". Guardian Newspapers. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ Malumfashi, Muhammad (6 September 2021). "Isa Pantami ya zama Farfesan Jami'a yana rike da kujerar Ministan Gwamnati a Najeriya". legit.hausa.ng. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ "Aisha Buhari Pantami: President Buhari wife explain why she use Prof. Isa Pantami video on Nigeria security". BBC News Pidgin. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Pantami's fake FUTO professorship joins other intellectual frauds". 11 September 2021.
- ^ "Definitive case against Pantami's FUTO fraudfessorship". 18 September 2021.