Tinubu appoints new CEOs for NUC, NERDC, NEPAD, SMDF

Bola Tinubu, the President of Nigeria, has made fresh appointments to fill the positions of the Chief Executive Officers for the National Universities Commission (NUC), Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), Solid Minerals Development Fund/Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Initiative (SMDF/PAGMI) and the New Partnership for Africa Development (NEPAD).

This was disclosed in a statement released by Bayo Onanuga, the presidential spokesperson.

Among those who made the list were Jabiru Salisu Abdullahi Tsauri, who was appointed as the national coordinator of NEPAD, and Yazid Shehu Umar Danfulani, appointed to fill the position of the executive secretary of the SMDF/PAGMI.

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Tsauri is a seasoned diplomat who holds a master’s in international Affairs and Diplomacy from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU).

Onanuga described him as a seasoned administrator who has an expertise in global affairs and legislative processes.

Danfulani, on the other hand, holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a master’s in arts and management from the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.

Other appointments made by the president are Abdullahi Yusuf Ribadu, appointed as the NUC’s executive secretary, and Salisu Shehu, who was appointed as the executive secretary of the NERDC.

Shehu, the new executive secretary of the NERDC had once served as the vice-chancellor of Al-Istiqamah University, Kano.

Ribadu has also held the vice-chancellor positions at two universities.

He had served as the vice-chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Yola, and the Sule Lamido University, Jigawa state.