President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new Chief Executive Officers of several agencies and parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, including the Industrial Training Fund, Corporate Affairs Commission and Standards Organization of Nigeria.
This appointments were disclosed on Friday via a press statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale.
He said the appointments are in line with Tinubu’s resolve to base Nigeria’s economic revival on the foundation of trade expansion through small, medium and large-scale industry facilitation in the country.
The appointments are as follows:
Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) – Hussaini Ishaq Magaji, SAN
Industrial Training Fund (ITF) -Afiz Ogun Oluwatoyin
National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) – Kamar Bakrin
Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA) – Olufemi Ogunyemi
Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) – Nonye Ayeni
Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) – Aisha Rimi
Oil & Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZA) – Bamanga Usman Jada.
Small & Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) – Charles Odii
Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) – Ifeanyi Chukwunonso Okeke
Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN) – Rabiu Olowo
Nigeria Commodities Exchange (NCE) -Anthony Atuche, CFA
Lagos International Trade Fair Complex (LITFCMB) – Veronica Safiya Ndanusa
Tafawa Balewa Square Management Board (TBSMB) – Lucia Shittu
National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) – Oluwemimo Joseph Osanipin.
According to Ngelale, President Tinubu expects all new appointees in this critical sector to optimally deliver in accordance with new key performance indicating benchmarks as established by the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment.
He added that by this directive of the President, all of the above-listed appointments take immediate effect.
By Ajibola Adedoye