President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday relieved the heads of 23 Federal
Government agencies of their appointments and approved the appointment of their
replacements.
Among those fired are the
erstwhile Director-General, National Pension
Commission, Mrs. Chinelo Anohu-Amazu; her counterpart in the Consumer
Protection Council, Mrs. Dupe Atoki; and the Acting Director-General, Bureau of
Public Enterprises, Dr. Vincent Akpotaire.
A statement by the Director of Press and Public
Relations, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Bolaji
Adebiyi, said that the appointments take immediate effect.
Julie Okah-Donli is now the director-general of
the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, while Mary
Ikpere-Eta was named as the director-general of the National Centre for Women
Development.
For the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund,
Bayo Somefun is the managing director, while Tijani Suleiman, Jasper Azuatalam
and Kemi Nelson are executive directors.
Ahmed Dangiwa is the managing director of the
Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, while Melvin Eboh is the executive director,
Organisation Resourcing; Hajiya Rahimatu Aliyu, ED, Loans Department,
Securities Issuance and Market Development; and Umaru Abdullahi Dankane, ED,
Policy and Strategy Loans Set-Up and Pay Off.
For the Bureau of Public Enterprises, Alex Okoh
is the new director-general.
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency
has Abdulkadir Saidu Umar as the executive secretary. Ibrahim Musa Goni is the
conservator-general/chief executive officer of the National Park Service.
The Service Compact has Nnenna Akajemeli as the
national coordinator/CEO; while the National Directorate of Employment has Dr.
Nasiru Mohammed Ladan as the director-general.
Saliu Dada Alabi was named as the
director-general of the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies;
while Prof. Jef T. Barminas was appointed as the director-general of the National
Research Institute for Chemical Technology.
The new Director-General of the Nigeria
Institute for Social and Economic Research is Dr. Haruna Yerima; while Sunday
Thomas is the Deputy Commissioner of the Nigeria Insurance Commission.
The Consumer Protection Council has Tunde
Erukera as the executive secretary; while Mohammed Bello Tukur was named as the
secretary of the Federal Character Commission.
For PenCom, Dikko Aliyu Abdulrahman is the
director-general (subject to Senate confirmation), while Funso Doherty is the
Chairman, and the executive commissioners are Akin Akinwale, Abubakar Zaki
Magawata, Ben Oviosun, and Nyerere Ayim.
Umar Gambo Jibrin is the executive secretary of
the Federal Capital Development Authority; while Mrs. Folashade Joseph is the
managing director of the Nigeria Agriculture Insurance Corporation; and Cecilia
Umaru Gaya is the director-general of the Administrative Staff College of
Nigeria.
The Lagos International Trade Fair Management
Board has Mrs. Luci Ajayi as the executive secretary; the Nigeria Export
Processing Zones Authority has Emmanuel Jimme as the managing director; the
Nigeria Lottery Regulatory Commission has Lanre Gbajabiamila as
director-general; while Jalani Aliyu is the director-general of the Nigeria
Automotive Design and Development Council.
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