President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 14 new Chief Executive Officers of several agencies and parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment.
This is contained in a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Friday in Abuja.
He said that the appointments were 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 new chiefs executives are:
1. Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) — Hussaini Ishaq Magaji, SAN,
2. Industrial Training Fund (ITF) — Afiz Oluwatoyin,
3. National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) — Kamar Bakrin
4. Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA) — Olufemi Ogunyemi
5. Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) — Nonye Ayeni
6. Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) — Aisha Rimi
7. Oil & Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZA) — Bamanga Jada
8. Small & Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) — Charles Odii
9. Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) — Ifeanyi Okeke
10. Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN) — Rabiu Olowo
11. Nigeria Commodities Exchange (NCE) — Anthony Atuche, CFA
12. Lagos International Trade Fair Complex (LITFCMB) — Veronica Ndanusa
13. Tafawa Balewa Square Management Board (TBSMB) — Lucia Shittu
14. National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) — Oluwemimo Osanipin
Mr Ngelale said that the president expects all new appointees to deliver in accordance with new key performance indicating benchmarks as established by the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment.
He said that by this directive of the President, all of the appointments was with immediate effect.
NAN
