By Abiola Olawale
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Nkiruka Maduekwe as the Acting Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC).
Maduekwe will serve in interim designation pending her confirmation by the NCCC Supervisory Council.
This was revealed in a statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Mr Ajuri Ngelale.
Maduekwe, who is 39 years old, possesses a Bachelor of Law degree, a Master’s degree in Environmental Law and Policy from the University of Dundee (UK), and a Doctorate in Law from the University of Hull (UK).
She is to serve as the co-chairperson of the intergovernmental committee on the national carbon market activation plan.
Maduekwe has over 15 years of national and international experience in climate policy development and project implementation.
The President has also approved the appointment of Ibrahim Shelleng, aged 40, as the Senior Special Assistant to the President for Climate Finance & Stakeholder Engagement, at the Office of the President.
He has been assigned to the NCCC Secretariat, where he will be responsible for all matters concerning climate finance and stakeholder/donor relations.
Also appointed as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Climate Technology and Operations, Office of the President is Olamide Fagbuji, aged 44.
He is seconded to the NCCC secretariat, where he will oversee the digitalisation of a new open procurement process and cross-departmental procedural optimisation initiative.
By the directive of the president, the appointments take immediate effect.
According to the statement, Tinubu expects the new appointees to bring their expertise and discipline to bear in these very important assignments in pursuance of the nation’s aspiration for green industrial development and climate action for sustainable growth and national prosperity.
