Photo: Sir Joseph Ari, former ITF D-G.
Breaking: ITF gets new DG as Tinubu sacks 14 MDA CEOs
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 14 new Chief Executive Officers of federal agencies and parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment including the Industrial Training Fund (ITF).
This is contained in a statement issued on Friday by Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity.
Ngelale explained that President Tinubu expected all the new appointees in this sector to optimally deliver in accordance with new key performance indicating benchmarks as established by the ministry.
He said that the appointments were in line with what the President has described as his resolve to base Nigeria’s economic revival on the foundation of trade expansion through small, medium and large scale industry facilitation in the country.
The full list of the appointments is as follows:
Industrial Training Fund (ITF) — Afiz Ogun Oluwatoyin
Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) — Hussaini Ishaq Magaji, SAN
National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) — Kamar Bakrin
Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA) — Olufemi Ogunyemi
Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) — Nonye Ayeni
Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) — Aisha Rimi
Oil & Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZA) — Bamanga Usman Jada
Small & Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) — Charles Odii
Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) — Ifeanyi Chukwunonso Okeke
Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN) — Rabiu Olowo
Nigeria Commodities Exchange (NCE) — Anthony Atuche, CFA
Lagos International Trade Fair Complex (LITFCMB) — Veronica Safiya Ndanusa
Tafawa Balewa Square Management Board (TBSMB) — Lucia Shittu
National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) — Oluwemimo Joseph Osanipin.
