OSGF PRESS RELEASE
9th April 2018

PRESIDENT BUHARI APPROVES NEW APPOINTMENTS
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the Appointment of Chief Executive Officers of Agencies in the Federal Ministries of Health, Information and Culture, Education, Power, Works, and Housing, and Resident Electoral Commissioners in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He charged them to reinvigorate the Agencies in the delivery on their mandates through a renewed commitment to transparency, accountability, and service delivery with integrity. The appointments are:

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH

1. DR. ABDULKAREEM JIKA YUSUF,
MEDICAL DIRECTOR
FEDERAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL
KADUNA, KADUNA STATE
INITIAL TERM OF FOUR YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM 8TH APRIL 2018

2. DR. ABUBAKAR MUSA
MEDICAL DIRECTOR
FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE, NGURU
YOBE STATE
RENEWAL OF APPOINTMENT OF FOUR YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM 3rd JULY 2017

3. DR. ABDULLAHI IBRAHIM
MEDICAL DIRECTOR
FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE
AZARE BAUCHI STATE
RENEWAL OF APPOINTMENT OF FOUR YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM 2nd APRIL 2018

4. DR. NASIR IBRAHIM UMAR
MEDICAL DIRECTOR
NATIONAL OBSTETRIC FISTULA CENTRE, BAUCHI
BAUCHI STATE
RENEWAL OF APPOINTMENT OF FOUR YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM 8th APRIL 2018

5. DR. ILIASU ADEAGBO AHMED
MEDICAL DIRECTOR
FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE, OWO
ONDO STATE
INITIAL TERM OF FOUR YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM 8th APRIL 2018

6. DR. ALIYU MUHAMMAD EL-LADAN
MEDICAL DIRECTOR
NATIONAL OBSTETRIC FISTULA CENTRE
KATSINA, KATSINA STATE
RENEWAL OF APPOINTMENT OF FOUR YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM 8th APRIL 2018

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE

7. DR. (MRS) STELLA MOROUNMUBO OYEDEPO,
GENERAL-MANAGER,
NATIONAL THEATRE, LAGOS
INITIAL TERM OF FOUR YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM 8TH APRIL 2018, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT ACT, ESPECIALLY SECTIONS 7 AND 8 OF THE NATIONAL THEATRE AND NATIONAL TROUPE OF NIGERIA ACT 1991
WITH THIS APPOINTMENT, THE PRESIDENT HAS SEPARATED THE LEADERSHIP OF THE NATIONAL THEATER FROM NATIONAL TROUP OF NIGERIA

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

8. DR. BABA DAVID DANJUMA
RECTOR, FEDERAL POYLTECHNIC, IDAH
KOGI STATE
INITIAL TERM OF FOUR YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM 27TH DECEMBER 2017

9. DR. USMAN M. KALLAMU
RECTOR
FEDERAL POYLTECHNIC, DAMATURU
YOBE STATE
INITIAL TERM OF FOUR YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM 8TH APRIL 2018

10. DR. (TPL) JIMAH MOMODU SANUSI
RECTOR
FEDERAL POYLTECHNIC, AUCHI, EDO STATE
INITIAL TERM OF FOUR YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM 23rd FEBRUARY 2018

11. DR. DAYO HEPHZIBAH OLADEBEYE
RECTOR, FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, ADO EKITI,
EKITI STATE,
INITIAL TERM OF FOUR YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM 23rd FEBRUARY 2018

12. ARCH SANUSI GUMAU
RECTOR
FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE
INITIAL TERM OF FOUR YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM 23rd FEBRUARY 2018

13. PROF. TOMUNOMI M. ABBEY
RECTOR
FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, OIL & GAS BONNY, RIVERS STATE,
INITIAL TERM OF FOUR YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM 23rd FEBRUARY 2018

14. ENGR. OMOKUNGBE OBAFEMI OMOSENI
RECTOR, YABA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, LAGOS
LAGOS STATE
INITIAL TERM OF FOUR YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM 30th JANUARY 2018

15. PROF FARUK RASHID HARUNA
PROVOST
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, KONTAGORA, NIGER STATE
INITIAL TERM OF FOUR YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM 27th MARCH 2018

POWER, WORKS AND HOUSING

16. USMAN GUR MOHAMMED
MANAGING – DIRECTOR
TRANSMISSION COMPANY OF NIGERIA, (TCN)
INITIAL TERM OF FOUR YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM 1st FEBRUARY 2018

INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC)

17. DR. EMMANUEL ALEX HART
RESIDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER,
INITIAL TERM OF FIVE YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM 17TH APRIL, 2018

18. MOHAMMED MAGAJI IBRAHIM
RESIDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER,
INITIAL TERM OF FIVE YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM 17TH APRIL, 2018

19. DR. CYRIL OMOROGBE
RESIDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER,
INITIAL TERM OF FIVE YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM 17TH APRIL, 2018

20. DR. UTHMAN ABDULRAHMAN AJIDABA
RESIDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER,
INITIAL TERM OF FIVE YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM 17TH APRIL, 2018

21. MR. SEGUN AGBAJE
RESIDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER
INITIAL TERM OF FIVE YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM 17TH APRIL, 2018

22. BABA ABBA YUSUF
RESIDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER,
INITIAL TERM OF FIVE YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM 17TH APRIL, 2018

23. YAHAYA BELLO
RESIDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER
INITIAL TERM OF FIVE YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM 17TH APRIL, 2018

The Resident Electoral Commissioners will be sworn in by the INEC Chairman at INEC Headquarters on Tuesday, 17th April, 2018 at 10.00a.m

(Signed)
LAWRENCE OJABO,
Director Information,
Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation

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