Gov Yahaya appoints former NPF Pensions MD, Hamza Bokki, chairman of Gombe revenue firm
By Jeffrey Agbo
Governor Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya has approved the appointment of chairman and board members for the Gombe State Revenue Optimization Company Limited (GROCOL).
The newly constituted board includes seasoned professionals and key officials from various sectors to ensure effective management and robust revenue optimisation.
Secretary to the State Government, Professor Ibrahim Njodi, who conveyed the governor’s approval, on Tuesday, announced Dr. Hamza Sule Wuro Bokki as Chairman, with the Commissioner of Finance and Economic Development, Chairman of Board of Internal Revenue and Managing Director of Gombe State Investment Promotion Agency (GOSIPA) as members.
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Also appointed as members are Mohammed Sambo (Gombe North), Aisha Gwani (Gombe Central) and Ibrahim Degri (Gombe South), while Muzammil Yahaya is to serve as Secretary/Legal Adviser.
All the appointments are with effect from January 8, 2025.
A statement by the Director-General (Press Affairs) at Gombe Government House, Ismaila Misilli, said: “Governor Inuwa Yahaya expects the chairman and board members to bring strategic direction and innovative solutions to meet the revenue optimization goals of the state in line with his administration’s efforts to foster economic growth, improve service delivery, and ensure the sustainability of developmental programmes.”
The chairman of the revenue firm, Dr. Hamza Bokki, is a non-executive director of the Nigerian Exchange Group Plc. (NGX Group). He was appointed in 2023.
He is also the pioneer Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Police Force Pensions Limited.
In the ten years of his stewardship at the mono-clientele Pension Fund Administrator (PFA), he led a team that took the organization to enviable heights.
Before he left at the expiration of his two-term tenure, NPF Pensions limited was not only the best police investment entity but also the toast of the pensions industry in Nigeria having achieved the incredible feat of being the best in investment performance for two consecutive years.
Not only was the NPF Pensions Limited under his skillful watch the first and only PFA to attain the first position in investment returns in all four funds, it also had the fastest growth rate in the industry.
Under Dr. Bokki’s leadership, NPF Pensions crossed N1 trillion Assets Under Management (AUM) size and today sits pretty on the fourth AUM table in the industry despite its limitations as a mono-clientele PFA.
