President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new chief executive officers of several agencies and parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment.
Presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale said in a statement on Friday that the appointments were in line with the president’s 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 Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) — Hussaini Magaji (SAN); Industrial Training Fund (ITF) — Afiz Oluwatoyin; National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) — Kamar Bakrin; Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA) — Olufemi Ogunyemi; Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) — Nonye Ayeni; and Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) — Aisha Rimi.
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Others are Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZA) — Bamanga Jada; Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) — Charles Odii; Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) — Ifeanyi Okeke; Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN) — Rabiu Olowo; Nigeria Commodities Exchange (NCE) — Anthony Atuche; Lagos International Trade Fair Complex (LITFCMB) — Veronica Ndanusa; Tafawa Balewa Square Management Board (TBSMB) — Lucia Shittu; and National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) — Oluwemimo Osanipin.
Mr Ngelale further said, “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.”
