By Ken Afor
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of new Chief Executive Officers of several agencies and parastatals in the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, including the Industrial Training Fund, ITF, Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC and Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON.
The appointments, according to a statement released by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Friday, are in line with Tinubu’s determination to build Nigeria’s economic recovery on trade expansion through the facilitation of small, medium, and large-scale industries in the nation.
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.
Others are the 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 and 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 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.
Friday’s appointment comes barely 24 hours after Mr. Ola Olukoyede was appointed as the new executive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFFC, alongsideMr. Muhammad Hassan Hammajoda as the secretary of the anti-graft agency.
