President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Ayodeji Ariyo Gbeleyi as the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE).
His appointment was announced in a press statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, on Saturday.
Gbeleyi’s appointment follows the sacking of Mamman Ahmadu as the DG of the Bureau by Tinubu on Saturday.
Chronicle NG reports that Ahmadu was directed to resign his role at the Bureau and hand it over to the most senior executive.
Gbeleyi, a renowned financial expert and award-winning chartered accountant, has been appointed to replace Ahmadu.
According to the press statement, “He is a fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN).”
“He is also an alumnus of executive programmes at the prestigious London Business School, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Lagos Business School.”
Gbeleyi was the board chairman of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), and he also served as Commissioner of Finance in Lagos State from 2013 to 2015.
“He has over 30 years of post-qualification experience in diverse sectors, including manufacturing, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), investment and commercial banking, project finance, telecommunications, infrastructure, and public administration,” the statement reads.
Tinubu “expects the new Director-General to bring his vast experience and competence to bear in this role to strengthen the agency as the national resource centre for capacity building and sustenance of reforms through the promotion of a competitive private sector-driven economy, ensuring social accountability and efficient deployment of public resources, as well as advancing effective corporate governance and fiduciary discipline in the public and private sectors,” the statement added.
