Tinubu Appoints New Heads for Industry, Trade and Investment Agencies

Bola Tinubu has announced the appointment of new Chief Executive Officers for several agencies and parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment. The new appointees are Hussaini Ishaq Magaji, SAN for Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Afiz Ogun Oluwatoyin for Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Kamar Bakrin for National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Olufemi Ogunyemi for Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA), Nonye Ayeni for Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Aisha Rimi for Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), Bamanga Usman Jada for Oil & Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZA).

Others includes, Charles Odii for Small & Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Ifeanyi Chukwunonso Okeke for Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Rabiu Olowo for Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN), Anthony Atuche, CFA for Nigeria Commodities Exchange (NCE), Veronica Safiya Ndanusa for Lagos International Trade Fair Complex (LITFCMB), Lucia Shittu for Tafawa Balewa Square Management Board (TBSMB), and Oluwemimo Joseph Osanipin for National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC).

They are expected to take charge of their respective agencies with immediate effect, according to a statement issued by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity.

The statement also congratulated the new appointees and urged them to work diligently and transparently to achieve the objectives of the ministry and the administration. It also thanked the outgoing CEOs for their service and wished them well in their future endeavors.