Tinubu said he expects all the CEOs in this sector to deliver optimally in view of his administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
By Jeffrey Agbo
President Bola Tinubu has appointed new chief executive officers (CEOs) for agencies and parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment.
According to a statement on Friday by the president’s spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, 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.
The statement further said that in view of the Renewed Hope Agenda of the Tinubu administration, the president expects all the CEOs “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,” Mr Ngelale said.