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.
According to a statement by presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, the appointments are 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 appointments are include Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) — Hussaini Ishaq Magaji; Industrial Training Fund (ITF) — Afiz Ogun Oluwatoyin; National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) — Kamar Bakrin; Nigerian Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA) — Olufemi Ogunyemi.
Others are Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) — Nonye Ayeni; Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) — Aisha Rimi; Oil & Gas Free Zones 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.
Others are 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.
Ngelale 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 the appointments take immediate effect,” he added.