President Buhari makes 4 new appointments, see full list

President Buhari has made four new appointments, OnyxNews Nigeria reports.

OnyxNews Nigeria also reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has renewed the appointment of Dr Bello Aliyu Gusau as the Executive Secretary of Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) and Ahmed Bobboi as the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of Petroleum Equalization Fund (PEF).

Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina, on Friday in Abuja, confirmed these new appointments in a statement.

Adesina said Simbi Wabote was also reappointed as Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB).

The Presidential spokesman stated that the renewal of the appointments followed recommendations to the President by the Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Timipre Syvla.

Adesina disclosed that Aliyu was credited to have successfully run the PTDF in the past four years, carrying out his responsibility with the Seven Strategic Priorities he had introduced in January 2017.

”These are Domestication, Cost cutting, Sustainable funding, Efficient internal processes, Linkages with the industry, Utilization of centers of excellence, and Pursuit of home-grown research.”

According to Adesina, Bobboi gets his reappointment for having run PEF in a way that made it a key and strategic player in the administration’s oil and gas reforms, especially in stabilizing the supply and distribution of petroleum products across the country, among others.

Adesina said that Wabote initiated many landmark projects that were widely commended by industry players.

The Presidential spokesman stressed that the NCDMB head, Wabote, got reappointed for managing the NCDMB and completing its headquarters building.

The presidential spokesman added that all the appointments take immediate effect.