President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), of several agencies and parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment.
The new appointments was contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale.
According to the statement, the appointments were in line with the president 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 CEOs are: Hussaini Ishaq Magaji (SAN), Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC); Afiz Ogun Oluwatoyin, Industrial Training Fund (ITF); Kamar Bakrin, National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), and Olufemi Ogunyemi, Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA).
Others the statement added are Nigeria Export Promotion Council.(NEPC), Nonye Ayeni; Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), Aisha Rimi; Oil & Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZ), Bamanga Usman Jada; Small & Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Charles Odii.
Also appointed by the President are Ifeanyi Chukwunonso Okeke as CEO Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON); Rabiu Olowo, Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN); Anthony Atuche, and Nigeria Commodities Exchange (NCE).
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.
The statement further noted that “In view of the Renewed Hope Agenda of his administration, President Bola 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.
“By this directive of the President, all of the above listed appointments take immediate effect.”