President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of five new Chief Executive Officers across agencies under the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovations, and Digital Economy.
The President disclosed this in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale on Wednesday.
The new appointed CEOs are Aminu Maida, Executive Vice Chairman and CEO, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Nkechi Egerton-Idehen, MD and CEO, Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) and Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, DG and CEO, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA).
Others include Dr. Vincent Olatunji, National Commissioner and CEO, Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) and Tola Odeyemi, Postmaster General and CEO, Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST).
President Bola Tinubu also appointed Idris Alubankudi Special Adviser on Technology and Digital Economy.
The New Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Aminu Maida is the Executive Director, Technology & Operations at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS).
He is a seasoned-technical professional with over 15 years’ multi-functional and international experience in FinTech & Telecoms & Enterprise Technology.
Prior to his appointment at NIBSS, Aminu was CTO at the Nigerian based FinTech Arca Payments Network and Senior Manager at Cisco Systems UK.
Aminu holds an MEng in Information Systems Engineering from Imperial College London and a PhD in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from the University of Bath, United Kingdom.
By Adekunle Adegboyega
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