Business A.M

President Bola Tinubu has appointed 14 new chief executive officers of a number of agencies and parastatals under the federal ministry of industry, trade and investment.

The appointments were announced in a statement issued by  Ajuri Ngelale,the president’s Special Adviser on Media & Publicity, in Abuja.

Ngelale stated that the appointments align with his principal’s vision for Nigeria’s economic revival through trade expansion and industry facilitation for small, medium, and large-scale businesses.

The appointed chief executives and agencies include Hussaini Ishaq Magaji, Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC);Afiz Ogun Oluwatoyin, Industrial Training Fund (ITF);Kamar Bakrin,National Sugar Development Council (NSDC);Olufemi Ogunyemi, Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA);Nonye Ayeni, Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC);Aisha Rimi, Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC);Bamanga Usman Jada,Oil & Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZA) and Charles Odii, Small & Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN).

Others are Ifeanyi Chukwunonso Okeke, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON);  Rabiu Olowo,Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN);Anthony Atuche, Nigeria Commodities Exchange (NCE);Veronica Safiya Ndanusa, Lagos International Trade Fair Complex (LITFCMB);Lucia Shittu, Tafawa Balewa Square Management Board (TBSMB);and Oluwemimo Joseph Osanipin, National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC).

“In view of the Renewed Hope Agenda of his administration, President Bola Tinubu expects all new appointees 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,” the statement added.