Two prominent sons of Akwa Ibom State have made the list of persons appointed into key federal agencies and boards and ratified by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday.
They are Dr. Emem Abasi Bassey as the Chief Medical Director (CMD), University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), Uyo, Akwa Ibom State and Clement Isong appointed a board member of the Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA).
Bassey, a former commissioner for health in Akwa Ibom State from 2013 to 2015, whose appointment for a four-year term took effect from Septemeber 22 has now been confirmed by President Buhari as the as the CMD of the hospital.
Isong, son of the late Dr. Clement Isong, the then governor of the defunct Cross River State, is replacing Mr. Thomas Olawore as PPPRA board member.
Among the people whose appointments were confirmed included Mr. Adebisi Shonubi, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN); Muiz Banire (SAN), Part-time Chairman, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON); and Dr. Sule Yakubu Bassi, Secretary Nigerian Diaspora Commission.
A statement signed on Friday by Olusegun A. Adekunle, Permanent Secretary (General Services Office) Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, added that those on the confirmed list included five Chief Executive Officers and two Executive Directors of federal agencies.
Shonubi, the former Managing Director of the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc, was named the CBN Deputy Governor in June with effect from October 17, 2018 for a period of five years in the first instance.
Banire’s appointment at AMCON took effect from October 17, 2018 for a period of five years in the first instance, while Bassi’s appointment at the Nigerian Diaspora Commission was with effect from October 19, 2018 for an initial period of four years.
The statement also said the president appointed Senator Abba Ali and Mohammed Sagir as members (Non-Legal Practitioners) Federal Judiciary Service Commission for an initial period of five years with effect from October 24, 2018.
Dr. Yomi Kasali was appointed Director/CEO, National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), Ilorin for initial term of four years with effect from October 28, 2018, while Dr Olufemi Ajayi Oladunni was confirmed Director/CEO Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI) Ilorin.
Clement Onyeabo Nze was named the DG, Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency for an initial term of four years with effect from October 28, 2018.
David Nyikyaa is the Secretary, National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission with effect from November 1, 2018. Obinna Ogwuegbu appointed as Secretary, Special Investigation Panel for Recovery of Public Property with effect from November 2, 2018.
Dr. Akinrinola Samuel Akintunde is named the Provost Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo for an initial term of four years with effect from November 6, 2018 while Prof. Emmanuel Adebayo Fasakin was appointed as Rector for a second and final term of four years with effect from November 6, 2018.
Obadiah Simon Nkom is the new Director- General/CEO, Nigeria Mining Cadastral Office. His appointment takes effect from January 12, 2019 and it is for an initial term of four years.
The five Chief Executive Officers and two Executive Directors of Federal Agencies, whose appointments were confirmed and renewed, included Prof. Okechukwu Ukwuoma; DG National Centrefor Technology Management (NACETEM) and Prof. Victor Adebayo Adetiloye, Chief Medical Director, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife.
The latter is for a second and final term of four years, with effect from September 22, 2018. Other new appointees are Ambassador Abdul-Jalil Suleiman; DG Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA).
Mrs. Mojoyin-Oluwa Dekalu- Thomas and Mrs. Chinedum Olisakwe- Lawrence were appointed as ED (Liability Management) and ED (Corporate Services) Electricity Liability Management Company (NELMCO) respectively for an initial term of four years with effect from September 20, 2018 second and final terms of four years with effect from September 20, 2018.
The president also appointed Capt. Junaid Abdullahi as Executive Secretary, Border Communities Development Agency (BDCA) with effect from September 22, 2018 for an initial period of four years.
Buhari, therefore, enjoined the new appointees to serve the nation with all sense of responsibility, honesty, diligence and promote good governance in the discharge of their duties.
