Buhari Appoints 4 Non-Executive Directors for CBN

President Muhammadu Buhari, has appointed four new Non- Executive Directors of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

The new CBN non- executive directors are Adeola Adetunji, Prof. Mike I. Obadan, Prof. Justitia Odinakachukwu Nnabuko and Prof. Ummu Ahmed Jalingo.

They were all appointed for an initial period of four years with effect from June 7, 2018.

The appointments were conveyed in a statement signed yesterday by Olusegun A. Adekunle, the Permanent Secretary (General Services Office) Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF).

The statement also said Buhari approved the renewal of the tenure of three Chief Executive Officers and two other appointments for some federal agencies.

Those whose appointments were renewed included Dr. Ogbonnia Ibe-Enwo, Rector Federal Polytechnic, Unwana Afikpo, Ebonyi State; Olusegun Olarenwaju Aluko, Rector Federal Polytechnic, IIaro, Ogun State and Prof Sunday Ohousi Onohaebi as Rector, National Institute of Construction Technology, Uromi, Edo State.

Ibe - Enwo is on a second and final term of four years with effect from August 7, 2018; Aluko on second term of four years with effect from September 25, 2018 and Ohousi Onohaebi, whose second final term of four years will take effect from July 25, 2018.

The other appointees are Prof. Abdullahi Dasilva Yusuf as Chief Medical Director, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital and Dr. Pauline N. Ikwugbu, Provost, Federal College of Education, Eha-Amufu, Enugu State.

The statement said Dasilva's appointment was for an initial period of four years from June 19, 2018 while Ikwugbu's initial four years appointment begins from March 19, 2018.

The president asked 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.