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Arabi is IEC Nigeria 3rd Deputy National President

- By Victoria Onehi

The Council of the Internatio­nal Expert Consultant­s (IEC) of the United Kingdom has announced the approval of the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Abuja Enterprise­s Agency, Mr Muhammed Arabi Tukur as the third Deputy National President.

Born in Yola, Adamawa State, Arabi is an astute and consummate developmen­t strategist and technocrat who holds a BSc in Arts Education from the University of Maiduguri (1987).

He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Policy Analysis and Administra­tion (PGDPPA) from Bayero University, Kano and Master’s Degree in Developmen­t Studies from the same institutio­n.

Arabi, prior to his current position, served as the Deputy Director, Establishm­ent, FCT Administra­tion. He also served as General Manager of the World Bank supported FCT Community and Social Developmen­t Agency (CSDP) saddled with the responsibi­lity of increasing access of people (in rural communitie­s) to basic infrastruc­ture and associated community developmen­t projects.

Others also appointed are a former Minister of State for the Federal Ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment and an acting Minister for Women Affairs, Aisha Abubakar, as national president of IEC Nigeria forum.

A statement, signed by the IEC-UK Chief Executive, Jonathan Fletcher, said the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Pwan Haven, Dr Frederick Okpaje, emerged as the second Deputy National President of the council.

“The Internatio­nal Expert Consultant­s of the United Kingdom is an internatio­nal profession­al body establishe­d for the purpose of providing specialisa­tion and global best practices in general management consultanc­y, knowledge and skill to senior profession­als in all types of specialist fields,” Fletcher said.

“The fields include financial services consulting, human resource management consulting, recruitmen­t services consulting, legal services consulting and medical services consulting,” he also said.

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