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Breaking: Tinubu sacks 14 heads of agencies in Ministry of Industry, Trade, Investment; appoints new CEOs

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President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 14 new Chief Executive Officers of agencies and parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment.

All appointments are with immediate effect, meaning a sudden termination of the appointments of the personnel manning such agencies and parastatals.

This is contained in a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Friday in Abuja.

He said that the appointments were in line with Tinubu’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 chiefs executives are:

  1. Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) — Hussaini Ishaq Magaji, SAN,
  2. Industrial Training Fund (ITF) — Afiz Oluwatoyin,
  3. National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) — Kamar Bakrin
  4. Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA) — Olufemi Ogunyemi
  5. Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) — Nonye Ayeni
  6. Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) — Aisha Rimi
  7. Oil & Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZA) — Bamanga Jada
  8. Small & Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) — Charles Odii
  9. Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) — Ifeanyi Okeke
  10. Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN) — Rabiu Olowo
  11. Nigeria Commodities Exchange (NCE) — Anthony Atuche, CFA
  12. Lagos International Trade Fair Complex (LITFCMB) — Veronica Ndanusa
  13. Tafawa Balewa Square Management Board (TBSMB) — Lucia Shittu
  14. National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) — Oluwemimo Osanipin

Ngelale said that the president expects all new appointees to deliver in accordance with new key performance indicating benchmarks as established by the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment.

 

 

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