Tinubu Reconstitutes FERMA Board, Management; Appoints New Media Aide, SSA Poverty Alleviation
President Bola Tinubu has appointed a new board and management for the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA).
This is according to a Friday statement from presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale.
He said they are to serve “for a renewable term of four (4) years, in accordance with Section 2(3) of the FERMA Amendment Act, 2007”.
The new appointees include:
Chairman of FERMA Board — Engr. Imam Ibrahim Kashim Imam
Managing Director of FERMA — Engr. Chukwuemeka Agbasi
Member (NARTO) — Yusuf Lawal Othman
Member (FMW) — Engr. Ibi Terna Manasseh
Member (FRSC) — ACM Shehu Mohammed
Member (Finance) — Babatunde Daramola-Oniru
Member (South-South) — Hon. Preye Oseke
Member (South-West) — Hon. Oye Ojobe
Member (South-East) — Dr. Kenneth Ugbala
Member (North-Central) — Sen. Timothy Adudu
Member (North-East) — Engr. Abubakar Bappa
Member (North-West) — Aminu Adamu Papa
“President Tinubu expects the new appointees to achieve integrous and competent service delivery, given the central role that the institution will play in the sustainable health of growth-enabling infrastructure nationwide,” Ajuri added.
In a related development, President Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr Bayo Onanuga, the former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) as Special Adviser on Information and Strategy.
A separate statement on this by Ngelale said the president also approved the appointment of Ms Delu Bulus Yakubu as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.
“It is part of efforts to prioritize effective and efficient working synergy between the Presidency and Federal Ministries through the appointments of professionals who have prior working experience of the Federal Ministries they will be coordinating.
“This will also be in addition to duties to be carried out at the President’s discretion.
“The President wishes the new presidential aides well in the discharge of their duties,” he said.
– From stories by NAN, Channels TV and News Express
