In line with his ongoing reforms, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of new Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of several agencies and departments under the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment.
The appointment also affected the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON).
Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement that the appointments were in tandem with the President’s determination to hinge the country’s economic revival on the foundation of trade expansion.
The appointees include, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Hussaini Ishaq Magaji who will head the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)
- Afiz Ogun Oluwatoyin — Industrial Training Fund (ITF)
- Kamar Bakrin—National Sugar Development Council (NSDC)
- Olufemi Ogunyemi— Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA)
- Nonye Ayeni— Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC)
- Aisha Rimi— Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC)
- Bamanga Usman Jada— Oil & Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZA)
Others are:
- Charles Odii — the Small & Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN)
- Ifeanyi Chukwunonso Okeke — Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON)
- Rabiu Olowo— Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN)
- Anthony Atuche—Nigeria Commodities Exchange (NCE)
- Veronica Safiya Ndanusa — Lagos International Trade Fair Complex (LITFCMB)
- Lucia Shittu — Tafawa Balewa Square Management Board (TBSMB)
- Oluwemimo Joseph Osanipin — National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC).
Ngelale pointed out that the President asked the new appointees to deliver on their expectations in accordance with new key performance indicating benchmarks as established by the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment.
