President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointments of new chief executive officers for agencies and parastatals under the ministry of communications, innovations and digital economy.
In a statement on Wednesday, Ajuri Ngelale, presidential spokesperson, said Tinubu appointed Aminu Maida as the executive vice chairman and CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
Maida is the Executive Director, Technology and Operations at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS). He has over 15 years’ multi-functional and international experience in FinTech, Telecoms and Enterprise Technology.
Prior to his appointment at NIBSS, Maida was CTO at the Nigerian-based FinTech Arca Payments Network and Senior Manager at Cisco Systems UK.
He holds an MEng in Information Systems Engineering from Imperial College London and a PhD in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from the University of Bath UK.
Danbatta was appointed Executive Vice Chairman of NCC in 2015 and reappointed in July 2020 for a second term of five years in office.
Tinubu also appointed Nkechi Egerton-Idehen as the MD / CEO, Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT)
Others are: DG / CEO, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) — Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi; National Commissioner / CEO, Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) — Dr. Vincent Olatunji; Postmaster General / CEO, Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) — Tola Odeyemi.
A statement issued by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity on Wednesday also said, “Furthermore, in line with President Bola Tinubu’s determination to maximally leverage on Nigeria’s proven technological and digital economic prowess to reposition the nation’s economy toward greater financial inclusion, the President has approved the appointment of a new Special Adviser to the President.
“Special Adviser to the President on Technology and Digital Economy — Idris Alubankudi.
“By this directive of the President, the above-mentioned appointments take immediate effect.”
