Breaking: Buhari Nominates Adesina, 39 others as ambassadors
Odogwublog recalls that, President Buhari on Thursday, May 7, approved the reconstitution of the board of directors of the Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Company Plc (NBET).
It was reported that the appointment, which takes immediate effect, will see Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, take over as the new chairman of the board.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednwesday, July 1, requested the Senate to screen and confirm 41 non-career and one career ambassadors for immidiate appoitment.
Buhari’s letter of request was read on the floor at plenary by the Senate president, Ahmad Lawan.
Among the nominees were Debo Adesina (Oyo), ex-minister of state for defence, Ademola Seriki (Lagos) and Dare Sunday Awoniyi (Kogi).
The appointment came barely 24 hours after the president appointed a former police IG, Suleiman Abba , as the new BoT chairman of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund.
According to the Twitter account of the Nigerian presidency, the board will also be constituted by the non-executive director from the ministry of
power which would be represented by a staff member not below the level of a director.
Other appointees include Alex Okoh of the Bureau of Public Enterprises who will serve as a non-executive director, Patience Oniha, the director-general of the Debt Management Office (DMO), also appointed as a non-executive director.
It was reported that Ben Akabueze, director-general of the budget office of the federation, Suleyman Ndanusa, former director-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Engr. Mustapha Balarabe Shehu, former president of the Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE), also made this list approved by the president.
In another report, President Buhari approved the appointment of new Medical Directors (MDs) for
the Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Calabar, Cross River state, and Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo, Taraba state.
According to a statement by presidential spokesman Femi Adesina on Thursday, April 2, the new MDs were Dr Bassey Eyo Edet and Dr
Aisha Shehu Adamu, respectively.
Edet hails from Akpabuyo local government area of Cross River state. He graduated from the University of Calabar in 1998. He is a fellow of the National Postgraduate Medical College in Psychiatry, and also a fellow of the National Institute of Management Consultants.
