President Buhari appoints Adewusi Post-Master General, Akande Chairman NCC, names other heads of parastatals under Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy

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President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed  Dr Ismail Adebayo Adewusi (South West) as the new Postmaster General/CEO of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST).
He replaces Barrister Bisi Adegbuyi (South West) according to a statement signed on Monday by Presidential media and publicity adviser, Mr. Femi Adesina.
Adesina also announced a flurry of other appointments in parastatals under the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy The presidential spokesman said the appointments were in furtherance of Buhari’s desire of “fast-tracking the targets and mandate of the Ministry”.
Therefore, in Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Prof. Adeolu Akande (South West) replaces Senator
Olabiyi Durojaiye (South West) as Chairman, Board of Commissioners – subject to Senate confirmation while Mr
Uche Onwude (South East) replaces Senator Ifeanyi Godwin Ararume (South East) as Non-Executive Commissioner – subject to Senate confirmation.
At the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Dr Abubakar Sa’id replaces Prof. Adeolu
Akande as Board Chairman while Dr Habibu Ahmed Imam (North West) replaces Dr Lawal Bello Moriki    (North
West). Also Dr Mohammed Sa’idu Kumo has been
appointed as as Board Member.
Furthermore at Galaxy Backbone Limited (GBB), the statement said, Professor Muhammed Bello Abubakar
replaces Architect Yusuf Kazaure.
There were also fresh appointments into the Nigeria Communications Satellite Limited (NigComSat) where Architect Yusuf Kazaure replaces Chief Dr George Nnadubem Moghalu as Board Chairman while Dr Najeem Salam replaces Hon. Samson Osagie as Executive Director, Marketing and Business Development and Professor Abdu Ja’afaru Bambale replaces Kazeem Kolawole Raji as Executive Director, Technical Services.Also Hadi Mohammed replaces Mohammed Lema Abubakar as Executive Director, Administration.
Read the presidential aide’s statement in full:

RESIDENT BUHARI APPROVES NEW APPOINTMENTS IN PARASTATALS UNDER MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL ECONOMY

Desirous of fast-tracking the targets and mandate of the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the following new appointments in the Parastatals listed below:

1. Nigerians Communications Commission (NCC)

(a) Prof. Adeolu Akande (South West) replaces Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye (South West) as Chairman, Board of Commissioners – subject to Senate confirmation

(b) Mr Uche Onwude (South East) replaces Senator Ifeanyi Godwin Ararume (South East) as Non-Executive Commissioner – subject to Senate confirmation.

2. The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)

(a) Dr Abubakar Sa’id replaces Prof. Adeolu Akande as Board Chairman

(b) Dr Habibu Ahmed Imam (North West) replaces Dr Lawal Bello Moriki

(North West)

(c) Dr Mohammed Sa’idu Kumo as Board Member

3. The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST)

Dr Ismail Adebayo Adewusi (South West) replaces Barrister Bisi Adegbuyi

(South West) as Postmaster General/CEO

4. Galaxy Backbone Limited (GBB)

Professor Muhammed Bello Abubakar replaces Architect Yusuf Kazaure

5. The Nigeria Communications Satellite Limited (NigComSat)

(a) Architect Yusuf Kazaure replaces Chief Dr George Nnadubem Moghalu

as Board Chairman

(b) Dr Najeem Salam replaces Hon. Samson Osagie as Executive

Director, Marketing and Business Development

(c) Professor Abdu Ja’afaru Bambale replaces Kazeem Kolawole Raji as

Executive Director, Technical Services

(d) Hadi Mohammed replaces Mohammed Lema Abubakar as Executive

Director, Administration

Femi Adesina

Special Adviser to the President

(Media & Publicity)

December 23, 2019


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