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FG appoints 11 CEOs for parastatals, agencies

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President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointments of Chief Executive Officers and heads for 11 parastatals and agencies of the Federal Government.

They are Mr. Tosin Adeyanju, Executive Secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund (NLTF), Mr. Silas Agara as the new Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Mr. Baffa Dan Agundi as the new Director-General of the National Productivity Centre (NPC), Dr. Olufemi Adekanmbi as the new Project Coordinator for the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) and Mr. Umar Ibrahim Mohammed as the new Director-General of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA).

Others include Mr. Oluwaseun Faleye as the new Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Mrs. Mojisolaoluwa Kehinde Alli-Macaulay as the Executive Director (Operations) of NSITF, Mr. Saleh Abubakar as the new Director-General of the National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) and Mr. Jobson Ewalefoh as the new Director-General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC).

Also among the new appointees are Ms. Omolola Bridget Oloworaran as the new Director-General of the National Pension Commission (PenCom), Mr. Cornelius Oluwasegun Adebayo as the new Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) and Dr. Mainasara Umar Kogo as the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).

A statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity said the President anticipates a goal-oriented leadership to drive efficiency and superlative performance ensure transparency and efficiency in the operations of the agency to actualize the objective of the NLTF as a driver of good causes in Nigeria.

Tinubu also charged the new head of NDE to overhaul the agency for optimal performance in designing and implementing programmes to combat mass unemployment.

The President said he anticipated competence, dedication, and professionalism on the part of the new helmsmen.

 

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