Consequent upon the need to deepen the development of the ICT industry, the Nigerian Institute of ICT Engineers was founded on 27th February 2016.
It was sequel to call among ICT Engineers especially within the regulatory and operational environment that the industry is of age to have an Institute that brings together practicing ICT Engineers with a view to promote the practice and learning of ICT Engineering in Nigeria, and to provide a think tank for the Government on ICT Engineering issues. The inaugural meeting was held on the 27th of February in the Nigerian Communications Commission, then it was called Nigerian Institute of Communications Engineers.