President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of eleven new Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) to lead various agencies under the Ministry of Art, Culture, and Creative Economy, News About Nigeria reports.
Presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale confirmed the appointments in a statement issued on Friday.
The President encouraged the appointments to carry out their duties with the utmost professionalism, diligence, and patriotism to strengthen and revitalise the creative industry.
The new CEOs for the Art, Culture, and Creative Economy sectors are as follows:
Tola Akerele – Director-General, National Theatre
Dr. Shaibu Husseini – Director-General, National Films and Censors Board
Obi Asika – Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture
Aisha Adamu Augie – Director-General, Centre for Black and African Arts and Culture
Ekpolador-Ebi Koinyan – Chief Conservator, National War Museum
Ahmed Sodangi – Director-General, National Gallery of Art
Chaliya Shagaya – Director-General, National Institute of Archaeology and Museums Studies
Hajiya Khaltume Bulama Gana – Artistic Director, National Troupe of Nigeria
Otunba Biodun Ajiboye – Director-General, National Institute for Cultural Orientation
Ali Nuhu – Managing Director, Nigerian Film Corporation
Ramatu Abonbo Mohammed – Director-General, National Commission for Museums and Monuments.
In another development, President Tinubu approved the allocation of N683.4 billion as the 2024 Intervention Funds for public tertiary education institutions across the country.
The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, made this announcement during a strategic planning meeting with heads of beneficiary institutions in Abuja.
Echono specified that 90.75% of the funds would be directly disbursed, 8.94% designated for special projects, and 2.27% allocated for stabilisation to address emerging issues.
Each university is set to receive N1,906,944,930.00, each polytechnic N1,165,355,235.00, and each college of education N1,398,426,282.00 for the 2024 intervention cycle.
