Tinubu Replaces Another Buhari's Appointee with Ex-Lagos Commissioner
- President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of former Lagos commissioner, Dayo Mobereola, as the new DG of NIMASA
- Mobereola's appointment followed the retirement of Bashir Jamoh, an appointee of former president Muhammadu Buhari
- The new appointee earlier served under Tinubu when he was the governor of Lagos state as the MD of LAMATA, a position he held throughout the eight years of Babatunde Fashola
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FCT, Abuja - President Bola Tinubu has announced the appointment of Dayo Mobereola as the new director-general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for four years.
The appointment of Mobereola followed the retirement of Bashir Jamoh, appointed by the immediate-past administration of president Muhammadu Buhari on March 4, 2020.
Source: Twitter
Who is Tinubu's newly-appointed NIMASA boss?
Mobereola's appointment was announced in a statement signed by the spokesperson to Tinubu on media and publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, and shared by the president's aide on social media, Dada Olusegun, in a tweet on Tuesday, March 12.
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Mobereola is a PhD and M.Sc holder in transportation economics from the United Kingdom's University of Wales.
According to the tweet, the new NIMASA boss is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport in England and a member of the same fellow back home in Nigeria.
The relationship between Tinubu and NIMASA boss
The new appointee earlier served under Tinubu when he was the governor of Lagos state as the managing director of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) from 2003 to 2015. He also served as the state's commissioner for transportation from 2015 to 2016.
He had significant private sector experience as the deputy managing director and project development director at AFM Consulting Plc in London.
In the statement, Tinubu charged the new DG "to bring his vast experience to bear in his new role and to achieve the mandate of NIMASA in providing world-leading standards of maritime safety administration," among other objectives.
Below is the tweet:
Ahmed Ningi: Tinubu meets Akpabio, others
Legit.ng earlier reported that Tinubu met with the senate's leadership following the suspension of the senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi.
Godswill Akpabio, the senate president and his deputy, Barau Jibril, led other senators to the presidential villa after the plenary on Tuesday.
Ningi's suspension followed his allegation that Tinubu implemented a padded 2024 budget.
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