BREAKING: President Tinubu Appoints First Female Director General of NEMA

• Zubaida Umar has been appointed as the director-general of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
• President Bola Tinubu made the appointment on Friday, making Umar the first female director general of the agency
• Tinubu's spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, said the president expects Umar to refashion NEMA into a performance-driven agency

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State House, Abuja - President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mrs. Zubaida Umar as the Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).

The presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, made this known in a statement on Friday, March 15.

Ngelale said Umar appointment further underlines the President’s avowed commitment to gender inclusion.

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Umar is first female NEMA director-general

Umar is the first woman to be appointed as NEMA director-general, Daily Trust reported.

“Mrs. Umar is the first woman to be appointed as Director-General of this pivotal agency, and her appointment further underlines the President’s avowed commitment to gender inclusion.

“The new Director-General of NEMA has over 20 years of work experience in diverse fields, including Human Resources, and Finance and Administration. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and the Institute of Credit Administration.”

As reported by The Nation, Ngelale added that President Tinubu expects Umar to refashion the agency for performance.

“The President expects that the new Director-General will bring the much-needed financial and operational discipline and refashion the agency into a performance-driven and proactive emergency response provider with a focus on prevention and climate change readiness in the execution of its core mandate.”

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Tinubu appoints first female NACA director general

In a similar development, Legit.ng reported that President Tinubu appointed Dr Temitope Ilori as the new director general of the National Agency For The Control of AIDS (NACA)

Dr. Ilori, who replaced Dr Gambo Aliyu is the first female to be appointed director general of the agency.

Before her appointment as NACA DG, she was a senior lecturer in the department of Community Medicine, University of Ibadan, and a consultant family physician in the department of Family Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan.

Source: Legit.ng