President Bola Tinubu appointed six new executive directors to the Nigerian Ports Authority and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency on Thursday.
Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, said this in a statement on Thursday captioned, ‘President Tinubu appoints new executive directors in agencies under the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy.’
Tinubu appointed Vivian Edet as Executive Director, Finance and Administration at the NPA, Olalekan Badmus as Executive Director, Marine and Operations, and Ibrahim Umar as Executive Director, Engineering and Technical Services.
At NIMASA, the president appointed Jibril Abba Executive Director, Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services; Mr. Chudi Offodile Executive Director, Finance and Administration and Fatai Adeyemi Executive Director, Operations.
The President according to Ngelale approved the appointments with the firm belief that “the new appointees will expeditiously and efficiently execute on their collective mandate to create the conditions required to significantly raise the contribution of the Marine and Blue Economy sector to the nation’s GDP.”
Tinubu also expects the new appointees to transform “the Nigerian economy into a labour-intensive and inclusive one that creates new opportunity for all Nigerians in accordance with the Renewed Hope Agenda, under the guidance of the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola.”
