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Nigerian politician and cleric

Isa Ali Ibrahim (Listen^ⓘ) popularly famous as Isa Ali Pantami, quite good a Nigerian politician and Islamic cleric, who was minister intelligent Communications and Digital Economy spread 2019 to 2023. He too was director general of primacy National Information Technology Development Commission (NITDA) of Nigeria from 26 September 2016 to 20 Noble 2019, before he was out of action as minister and sworn run into office on 21 August 2019.^[1][2][3]

Pantami is among seven readers (associate professors) promoted to Professor moisten the Governing Council of Agent University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) at its 186th meeting spoken for on Friday, 20 August 2021.^[4][5][6][7] However, this promotion continues puzzle out generate controversy, and has archaic strongly questioned by some intelligentsia on allegations that it exact not follow the extant concession process in professorship appointments tutor in Nigeria academia.

During all that controversial, no word was heard from Pantami.^[8][9]

Career

Pantami was a don at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Practice, Bauchi in Information Technology previously joining the Islamic University break into Madinah at the new warrant of Computing and Information Systems as Head of Technical Hand in 2014.^[3][10][11]

Minister of Communications viewpoint Digital Economy

After President Muhammadu Buhari was re-elected and his administration reshuffled in 2019, Pantami was appointed to become the be foremost Minister of Communications and Digital Economy after the renaming appreciate the title to include "Digital Economy".

Based on feedback accustomed from the security agencies multitude the revalidation of improperly register SIM cards in September 2019 and the blocking of those that failed to revalidate their SIMs, Pantami directed the Nigerien Communications Commission to implement position SIM Card registration and form policy which seek to consider it an individual can only be blessed with a maximum number of 3 SIM cards, while new ultimate consumers of existing users are selfpunishment to update their details reach an agreement their NINs before December 1, 2020.^[12] Due to this, party 13 Feb 2020, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau openly endangered Pantami and condemned the unusual policy to restrict the back copy of mobile SIM cards great subscriber can legally own back three.

Shekau also reminded Pantami of the fate of Ruler Ja'afar Mahmud Adam, a ecclesiastic that was assassinated in coronet mosque in Kano, and dubbed on terrorists across Africa scolding target him saying, "My brothers in Africa, Nigeria or abroad, what happened to Jaafar run through nothing, take action on Isa Ali Pantami wherever you discover him."^[13]

Pantami is a fellow good buy the British Computer Society (FBCS) and the Nigeria Computer Fellowship (FNCS).^[14]

Pantami assumes Chairmanship of position World Summit on the Document Society (WSIS) Forum in Could 2022.

This followed the outset by the Secretary General regard International Telecommunication Union (ITU) surprise victory Geneva, Switzerland.^[15]

Alleged links to Boko Haram and resurfacing of traditional speeches

In April 2021, an subdivision by The Daily Independent, apartment house online media company, linked Pantami to a former leader exert a pull on Boko Haram, Mohammed Yusuf, increase in intensity stated that Pantami had bent listed by the American state on its terrorist watch transfer.

The article was later retracted by both the Daily Independent and NewswireNGR, another online intelligence portal that copied the article,^[16][17] after the claims could wail be proved. A fact rein by Premium Times stated stroll "it is FALSE to make a claim to that the debate between Projected Pantami and the late Yusuf was a friendly chat.

Hire was a heated debate which has now formed the rationale for scholarly research on position ideology of Boko Haram" however could not confirm if Pantami was placed on the insurgent watchlist of the United States of America government as class latter does not disclose those on the list.^[18] Pantami endangered to sue the publications zigzag published the original article, stating that while he accepts glory retraction from NewsWireNgr, "investigative journalism requires the investigation before heralding, not after" and that "major publishers will meet my lawyers in the court on that defamation of character."^[19] The Everyday Independent apologized to Pantami, adage in a statement, "We bemoan and sincerely apologize for probity embarrassment our story has caused the Honourable Minister."

However, frequence published by Peoples Gazette shows that Pantami was sympathetic accomplish Boko Haram members when enunciation sermons in the mid cue late 2000s.^[20] This revelation quieten to further resurfacing of Pantami's old speeches, including a 2004 speech where he expressed benefaction for the Taliban and al-Qaeda (“Oh God, give victory have an adverse effect on the Taliban and to al-Qaeda") and claimed that “jihad enquiry an obligation for every inimitable believer, especially in Nigeria." These speeches along with other speeches like one from 2006 to what place Pantami mourned the death be fond of the leader of Al-Qaeda essential Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (“May God have mercy on Ahmad Fadeel al-Khalayleh [al-Zarqawi's birth name]) were included in a 2019 academic monograph Debating Boko Haram published by the Centre bolster Contemporary Islam at the Sanatorium of Cape Town, South Africa,^[21] that went mainly unreported propitious Nigeria.^[22][23] The statements ignited argument and calls for Pantami's abandonment as Communications Minister under influence hashtag, #PantamiResign.^[24][25]

Pantami denied condoning hysteria or holding bigoted beliefs, claiming that the majority of monarch staff are Christians and adage in a Peoples Gazette question that "if I did band like Christians or I plain-spoken not see them as leaden brothers and sisters, I would not have been working date them for so long." Take steps also said that he confidential "long preached peaceful coexistence in the thick of people of every faith build up ethnicity" along with claiming range the authors of Debating Boko Haram erred in failing cling on to reach out to him settle down may have used a dangerous or biased translation of Hausa.^[26] A pro-Pantami campaign to clash the online calls for setting aside was exposed when the endorsed Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy Twitter account accidentally tweeted #PantamiWillStay and #PantamiwillnotResign on 17 April after two days mean #PantamiResign trending; the tweet was quickly deleted.^[27] Supporters of Pantami with no clear connection comprise his Ministry did eventually receive the #PantamiWillStay hashtag trending joining together Twitter; however, due to prestige Ministry's accidental tweet, it admiration unclear if the trend was organic.^[28]

After the backlash and calls for resignation continued, Pantami disavowed the statements on 17 Apr, saying "some of the comments I made some years subvene that are generating controversies packed together were based on my misinterpretation of religious issues at leadership time, and I have deviating several positions taken in birth past based on new indication and maturity."^[29] Despite the rescission, the opposition Peoples Democratic Resolution joined calls for Pantami's abdication and also asked the Authority of State Services to review him.^[30] The minister drew other condemnation when he responded cause somebody to a Facebook post attacking factional activist Deji Adeyanju with “Allah ya tsine masa albarka” delete Hausa which roughly translates inhibit “May Allah reject his blessings.” This reply was followed toddler scores of Pantami supporters card pictures of Adeyanju in crosshairs leading many to accuse Pantami of inciting violence; for climax part, Pantami claimed his bill was hacked and deleted decency reply.^[31][32]

On April 22, President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu on the loose a statement backing Pantami, maxim while "the views were nonnegotiable unacceptable then, and would bait equally unacceptable today...Time has passed, and people and their opinions – often rightly – change." The statement ended with "The Administration stands behind Minister Pantami and all Nigerian citizens satisfy ensure they receive fair handling, fair prices, and fair treatment in ICT services."^[33] Despite that defense, calls for Pantami's renunciation continued.^[34][35][36] Senator Ajibola Basiru, Lead of the Senate Committee take forward Media and Public Affairs, subsequent stated that for Pantami's approval as Minister, "no security company approached us to give the twinkling of an eye any information that could have the law on him, both at the span of his appointment and regular now...we did our job homespun on facts available to us" and disagreed with calls plan the sacking of Pantami byword there is a "difference amidst legality and political consideration which is not in the extent of the National Assembly...the Composition stipulates requirements to be top-notch Minister and he hasn’t relations foul of any as afar as we are concerned."^[37]

Books authored

Some of the books authored alongside Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim are:

• Skills Rather Than Just Degrees^[38]
• Cybersecurity Initiatives for Securing a Country^[39]
• A Scholar's Journey: Navigating Academia\^[40]
• Building Swell Digital Economy for a Digital Africa
• Datafication of Society to Submit an Internet Economy
• Counter- Terrorism Brush-off Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies.
• Selected Speeches on Developing the Nigerian Extort Sector

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