President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Saturday made several top appointments in government’s agencies and parastatals including the PenCom, NSITF, HYPREP, NALDA, NDE, NPC and ICRC, among others.
According to a statement by the Presidential Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on his X page entitled “President Tinubu announced many new appointments on Saturday,” Tinubu made the new appointments on Saturday.
The list of the appointees and their portfolios, Bayo said include the following:
1. Mr Silas Agara: Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE).
Agara, a former Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, was the director of the Independent Campaign Council for Tinubu-Shettima.
2. Mr Umar Ibrahim Mohammed: Director-General of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA).
Mr. Mohammed is an architect and a construction technology and environment professional.
3. Mr Baffa Dan Agundi: Director-General of the National Productivity Centre (NPC).
Agundi is a former majority leader of the Kano State House of Assembly. He was also the Principal Registrar of the Kano State High Court of Justice.
4. Cornelius Oluwasegun Adebayo: Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA).
Adebayo is an engineer and also a community and social development expert.
5. Mr Saleh Abubakar: Director-General of the National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW).
6. Dr. Olufemi Adekanmbi: Project Coordinator for the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP).
Dr Adekanmbi was Commissioner for Special Duties, Culture and Tourism in Ondo State and a Nigerian Environmental Society (NES) member.
7. Mr. Tosin Adeyanju: Executive Secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund (NLTF).
8 A. Oluwaseun Faleye: Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF).
Mr. Faleye is a legal and corporate finance specialist.
B. Mrs. Mojisolaoluwa Kehinde Alli-Macaulay: 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.
9. Ms Omolola Bridget Oloworaran: Nominated as the new Director-General of the National Pension Commission (PenCom).
Oloworaran is a finance and banking expert with many years of experience.
The appointment is subject to the confirmation of the Nigerian Senate.
10. Mr Jobson Ewalefoh: nominated as Director-General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC).
The appointment is subject to the confirmation of the Nigerian Senate.
