President Muhammadu Buhari received the first-ever Nigeria-made cell phone called ITF Mobile.
The product was presented to him by Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Niyi Adebayo, just before commencement of the week’s Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Introducing the product to the President, Adebayo said it was produced by the Electrical/Electronics Technology Department of the Industrial Training Fund’s, ITF, Model Skills Training Centre, using locally sourced components.
“Twelve indigenous mobile cell phones produced by the Model Skills Training Centre of the Industrial Training Fund; an agency under Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment was launched.
“It gives me great pleasure, Mr President, to present you with one of the phones,” Adebayo said.
