President Bola Tinubu
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja –
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the weekend approved the appointment of new Chief Executive Officers for several Federal Government parastatals and agencies, including the National Pension Commission (PenCom), the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), National Directorate of Employment (NDE), and the National Lottery Trust Fund (NLTF).
Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), Ajuri Ngelale, who made these known in a statement on Saturday, said President Tinubu approved the appointment of Ms. Omolola Bridget Oloworaran, a finance and banking expert with many years of experience, as the new Director-General of PenCom.
Approving the appointment of Ms Oloworaran, subject to the confirmation of the Nigerian Senate, the President, according to Ngelale, “anticipates a goal-oriented leadership to drive efficiency and superlative performance in the National Pension Commission as the prime regulator of the Nigerian Pension Industry.”
President Tinubu also approved the appointment of Mr. Oluwaseun Faleye, a legal and corporate finance specialist, as the new Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the NSITF, as well the appointment of Mrs. Mojisolaoluwa Kehinde Alli-Macaulay as the Executive Director (Operations) of the agency.
From Mrs. Alli-Macaulay, a former lawmaker and former Chairperson of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Women Affairs, Poverty Alleviation, and Job Creation, the President anticipated “a comprehensive re-positioning of the NSITF for enhanced social protection and qualitative service delivery to the Nigerian people.”
The President Bola Tinubu equally approved the appointment of Mr. Silas Agara, an entrepreneur and sports administrator who previously served as the Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, as the new Director-General of the NDE, anticipating “an overhaul of the NDE for optimal performance in designing and implementing programmes to combat mass unemployment.”
Other appointments include those of Mr. Tosin Adeyanju, is an accomplished administrator, and good governance advocate, as the new Executive Secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund (NLTF) and; Mr. Jobson Ewalefoh, a professional with years of experience in government and development organizations, in addition to expertise in public-private partnerships, public policy reform and development, as the new Director-General of the ICRC; as well as Mr. Baffa Dan Agundi as the new Director-General of the National Productivity Centre (NPC).
According to the statement, Mr. Dan Agundi, a former majority leader of the Kano State House of Assembly, was also Principal Registrar of the Kano State High Court of Justice.
“The President anticipates the Director-General’s utmost dedication and patriotic zeal in driving the Centre’s mandate of developing a national culture of excellence in operational efficiency and institutionalizing a performance-driven orientation toward measurable productivity in the citizenry for the overall enhancement of service delivery and quality of life across the nation,” the statement said.
President Tinubu further approved the appointment of Mr. Saleh Abubakar, a highly experienced public administrator with decades of experience across several sectors, as the new Director-General of the National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW), with the expectation that Abubakar would ensure “diligence and dedication in driving the agency’s mandate of empowering communities to combat land degradation, enhance food security, and build resilience to climate change through sustainable interventions and education.”
The exercise also saw the appointment of Dr. Olufemi Adekanmbi, is a former Commissioner for Special Duties, Culture and Tourism in Ondo State, and a member of the Nigerian Environmental Society (NES), as the new Project Coordinator for the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), with President Tinubu anticipating the exercise of competence, dedication, and professionalism in fulfilling the mission of the HYPREP to restore and revitalize communities impacted by hydrocarbon pollution, with a primary focus on Ogoniland in Nigeria.
The National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA), also got a new boss with President Tinubu’s approval of the appointment of Mr. Cornelius Oluwasegun Adebayo, an engineer and also a community and social development expert, as the new Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer.
According to Ngelale, “the President expects the new Chief Executive Officer of NALDA to deploy his competence and experience in supporting and driving the growth and sustainability of Nigeria’s agricultural sector.”
