BUHARI APPOINTS FOUR NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS FOR CBN

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday approved the appointment of four non-executive directors for the Central Bank of Nigeria.

The Permanent Secretary (General Services Office), Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Olusegun Adekunle, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists.

According to the statement, the new appointees are Adeola Adetunji, Prof. Mike Obadan, Prof. Justitia Nnabuko and Prof. Ummu Ahmed Jalingo.

Adekunle said the appointments were for initial period of four years with effect from June 7.

The President also appointed Prof. Abdullahi Yusuf as the Chief Medical Director of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital for an initial period of four years with effect from June 19.

He also appointed Dr. Pauline Ikwugbu as the Provost of the Federal College of Education, Eha-Amufu, Enugu State for an initial period of four years with effect from March 19.

The President renewed the appointment of the Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Unwana Afikpo, Ebonyi State, Dr. Ogbonnia Ibe-Enwo, for second and final term of four years with effect from August 7.

He also renewed the appointment of the Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, IIaro, Ogun State, Olusegun Aluko, for second and final term of four years with effect from September 25.

Prof. Sunday Onohaebi also got his appointment as the Rector of the National Institute of Construction Technology, Uromi, Edo State, renewed for second and final term of four years with effect from July 25.

“Mr. President expects the new appointees to regard their appointments as a call to national service and to carry out their responsibilities with uprightness, diligence and prompt response to the yearnings of the public,” the statement read.

…says I won’t forget Nigerians in their time of distress

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday promised that his administration would not forget citizens in their time of distress.

Buhari, represented by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, spoke while receiving Internally Displaced Persons from the Kuchingoro Camp, in the Federal Capital Territory at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The IDPs are getting set to return to their communities in the North-East.

According to a statement by the Deputy Director (Information), State House, Attah Esa, the President promised to continue to work for the betterment and security of the people.

He assured the IDPs that his administration would leave no stone unturned in restoring their devastated communities for their immediate and safe return.

“While congratulating the 2,000 IDPs at the Kuchingoro Camp, in the Federal Capital Territory, who are getting set to return to their communities in the North-East, the President assured all Nigerians that his administration would not forget citizens in their time of distress and would continue to work for the betterment and security of the people,” the statement read.

Buhari also used the opportunity to thank members of the international community and Nigerians, including Aliko Dangote, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), and other philanthropists for their sustained efforts towards the reconstruction and rehabilitation of destroyed communities in the North-East.

Mrs. Maryam Nuhu, the leader of the IDPs, who were mainly women and children, thanked the Buhari-led administration for the ongoing reconstruction of their communities.

“Our towns and villages have been cleared of these terrorists. We can now confidently return home and pick up our lives from the points where we will meet them,” she said.

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja