His professional career has an active link with
telecommunications engineering, management and development that dates back to
1974. He belonged to the pioneering set that served the Nigerian Youth Service
Corps in Bauchi (then North Eastern State). Thereafter he commenced an
engineering training with Dept of Posts and Telecommunications, P& T. By
the mid 1980s and as he rose on this career ladder, his role had augmented to
incorporate management which saw him serve as, District Engineer/Manager,
Territorial Manager, Project Manager/Contracting Officer. Senior Manager, National
Network Maintenance and Senior Manager Network Planning respectively.
At
a little over 40, he retired from public service (under the auspices of NITEL) in his persion to pursue a parallel
but more inspiring career in private practice and particularly to participate
in the change of the telecommunications landscape not just in Nigeria but
globally.
Today,
he is a Telecommunications Consultant, Trainer and Publisher with focus on
developmental processes. He has been Consultant to the Nigerian Communications
Commission. NCC, from its inception in 1993 to date serving the Commission in
the areas of industry studies and research, universal service plans, and
internet applications. He offers similar services to other private sector
clients. He is presently Managing Consultant of Telecom Answers Associates,
Founder of THE CYBERSCHUUL, and Publisher of CyberschuulNews.com
Engr.
Omo-Ettu’s professional Qualifications
are also a marriage of convenience between his first love - engineering,
telecommunications and management all of which attest his reach and plurality
of his skills and attainments which has seen several honours and awards conferred
upon him:
He is a recipient of
several honours and awards from professional, trade and regulatory bodies such
as Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), Council for
Computer Professionals Regulation in Nigeria (CPN), The Nigerian Society of
Engineers, (NSE) The Nigerian Institute of Management, (NIM), and Association
of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria, (ATCON). He served all these bodies
at Council level.
Engr. Omo-Ettu is
a COREN Registered Engineer, Fellow, Nigerian Society of Engineers, Telecom Executive
Management Institute of Canada and Member, Nigerian Institute of Management.