JUST-IN: Tinubu Makes Fresh Appointments Into NITDA, NCC, Others

• The president has approved the appointment of a new Special Adviser to the President on Technology and Digital Economy, Idris Alubankudi.
• President Bola Tinubu has appointed a new Special Adviser to leverage Nigeria’s technological and digital economic prowess for greater financial inclusion.

The appointment of new CEOs for the agencies and parastatals under the ministry of communications, innovations, and digital economy have received President Bola Tinubu’s approval.

WITHIN NIGERIA reports that Ajuri Ngelale, the spokesman for the president, said in a statement on Wednesday that Tinubu has chosen Aminu Maida to serve as the executive vice chairman and CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).

FULL STATEMENT;

PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS NEW LEADERSHIP ACROSS THE COMMUNICATIONS, INNOVATION, AND DIGITAL ECONOMY SECTORS

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new and returning Chief Executives to fresh terms in office across multiple agencies under the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy:

(1) EVC / CEO, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) — Aminu Maida

(2) MD / CEO, Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) — Nkechi Egerton-Idehen

(3) DG / CEO, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) — Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi

(4) National Commissioner / CEO, Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) — Dr. Vincent Olatunji

(5) Postmaster General / CEO, Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) — Tola Odeyemi

Furthermore, in line with President Bola Tinubu’s determination to maximally leverage on Nigeria’s proven technological and digital economic prowess to reposition the nation’s economy toward greater financial inclusion, the President has approved the appointment of a new Special Adviser to the President.

Special Adviser to the President on Technology and Digital Economy — Idris Alubankudi

By this directive of the President, the above-mentioned appointments take immediate effect.

Chief Ajuri Ngelale

Special Adviser to the President

(Media & Publicity)

October 11, 2023