President Bola Tinubu made several new appointments during the week to drive the ‘Renewed Hope’ agenda’ of his administration.
Some of the notable names are the former director of media and publicity of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council,Mr Bayo Onanuga, former CEO, SME100 Africa, Mr Charles Odii and Mr Imam Ibrahim Kashim-Imam, son of the 2003 and 2007 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Borno State, Kashim Ibrahim-Imam
Heads for CAC, SMEDAN, NEPC, etc in the federal ministry of industry, trade and investment
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
Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA)
Chairman of FERMA Board — Engr. Imam Ibrahim Kashim-Imam
Managing Director of FERMA — Engr. Chukwuemeka Agbasi
Member (NARTO) — Yusuf Lawal Othman
Member (FMW) — Engr. Ibi Terna Manasseh
Member (FRSC) — ACM Shehu Mohammed
Member (Finance) — Babatunde Daramola-Oniru
Member (South-South) — Hon. Preye Oseke
Member (South-West) — Hon. Oye Ojobe
Member (South-East) — Dr. Kenneth Ugbala
Member (North-Central) — Sen. Timothy Adudu
Member (North-East) — Engr. Abubakar Bappa
Member (North-West) — Aminu Adamu Papa
Ministerial coordination and strategy
Special adviser to the president on information and strategy — Mr. Bayo Onanuga
Senior special assistant to the president on humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation — Ms. Delu Bulus Yakubu
CEOs of agencies in federal ministry of communications, innovation, and digital economy
(1) EVC / CEO, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) — Aminu Maida
(2) MD / CEO, Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) — Nkechi Egerton-Idehen
(3) DG / CEO, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) — Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi
(4) National Commissioner / CEO, Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) — Dr. Vincent Olatunji
(5) Postmaster General/CEO, Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) — Tola Odeyemi
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
President Tinubu also approved the appointment of
Chiarman – Mr. Ola Olukoyede
Secretary – Mr. Muhammad Hassan Hammajoda
The president charged all the new appointees to deliver optimally on the mandate of the administration.
