President Bola Tinubu has appointed 11 new Chief Executive Officers for agencies under the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, and Creative Economy.
This was announced in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale on Friday.
The appointed CEOs are Tony Akerele, who was appointed as the Director-General, National Theatre; Dr. Shaibu Husseini, Director-General, National Films and Censors Board; Obi Asika, Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture;
Aisha Adamu Augie, Director-General, Centre for Black and African Arts and Culture; and Ekpolador-Ebi Koinyan, Chief Conservator, National War Museum.
Others are Ahmed Sodangi, Director-General, National Gallery of Art; Chaliya Shagaya, Director-General, National Institute of Archaeology and Museums Studies; Hajiya Khaltume Bulama Gana, Artistic Director, National Troupe of Nigeria; Otunba Biodun Ajiboye, Director-General, National Institute for Cultural Orientation; Ali Nuhu, Managing Director, Nigerian Film Corporation; and Ramatu Abonbo Mohammed, Director-General, National Commission for Museums and Monuments.
According to the statement, Tinubu charged the appointees to discharge their duties in accordance with the highest standards of professionalism, diligence, and patriotism with a view to making the creative sector more vibrant and robust.
On the same day, Tinubu approved the appointment of a Governing Council of the Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund (MDGIF) to be domiciled in the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA).
There are:
(1) MDGIF Governing Council Chairman — Minister of State, Petroleum Resources (Gas)
(2) MDGIF Executive Director — Mr. Oluwole Adama
(3) MDGIF Governing Council Secretary — Mr. Joseph Tolorunshe
(4) NMDPRA Chief Executive — Engr. Farouk Ahmed
(5) Representative of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
(6) Representative of the Federal Ministry of Finance
(7) MDGIF Independent Member — Ms. Amina Maina (North-East)
(8) MDGIF Independent Member — Mr. Edet David Ubong (South-South)
(9) MDGIF Independent Member — Mr. Tajudeen Bolaji Musa (South-West)