President Bola Tinubu on Saturday approved the appointment of Dr. Mainasara Umar Kogo as the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) alongside chief executives for six other agencies.
Dr.Kogo is a seasoned lawyer and analyst in the fields of law, security, economy, politics, and international diplomacy.
Other agencies with new appointments are the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), National Directorate of Employment (NDE), National Lottery Trust Fund (NLTF), National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW), National Productivity Centre (NPC) and Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF).
Tinubu named Umar Ibrahim Mohammed, an architect, a construction technology and environment professional as the new Director-General of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA).
Tinubu also approved the appointment of Mr. Silas Agara as the Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE).
Agara is an entrepreneur and sports administrator who previously served as the Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State.
In the same vein, the president approved the appointment of Mr. TosinAdeyanju is an accomplished administrator, and good governance advocate, as the Executive Secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund (NLTF).
Tinubu also approved the appointment of Mr. Saleh Abubakar as the Director-General of the National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW).
Abubakar is a highly experienced public administrator with decades of experience across several sectors.
He also approved the appointment of Mr. Baffa Dan Agundi as the Director General of the National Productivity Centre (NPC).
Agundi is a former Majority Leader of the Kano State House of Assembly. He was also Principal Registrar of the Kano State High Court of Justice.
Also on the appointment list was Mr. Oluwaseun Faleye, a legal and corporate finance specialist as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF).
President Tinubu has also approved the appointment of Mrs. Mojisolaoluwa Kehinde Alli-Macaulay as the Executive Director (Operations) of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF).
Alli-Macaulay is a former lawmaker and former Chairperson of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Women Affairs, Poverty Alleviation, and Job Creation.
Tinubu in a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity) expressed expectations of improved outcomes in the agency’s operations under the new leaderships.
The presidential statement added that the president expects “the new Chief Executive Officers to ensure transparency and efficiency in the operations of the agencies they lead to actualize the objective drivers of good causes in Nigeria.”
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