President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of seven heads of agencies under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development.

Those appointed by Tinubu include Dr Badamasi Lawal – Chief Executive Officer, National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA); Funmilola Olotu – Programme Manager, National Social Safety-Net Coordinating Office; Aishat Alubankudi – Programme Manager, Grant for Vulnerable Groups; and Aderemi Adebowale – Programme Manager, Home Grown School Feeding.

Others are Abdullahi Alhassan Imam – Programme Manager, National Cash Transfer Office; Ayuba Gufwan – Executive Secretary, National Commission for People with Disabilities; and Lami Binta Adamu Bello – Director General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons.

The appointments were contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, on Tuesday, August 6, 2024.

According to the statement, Lawal holds a doctorate degree in education, and he previously served as a commissioner in Katsina State.

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Olotu, who holds a master’s degree in business administration, is the Senior Special Assistant to Lagos State Governor on state lotteries.

Alubankudi holds a bachelor’s degree in community development. She has experience as a risk assessor and financial manager.

Adebowale, who holds a doctorate degree, is the Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Civic Engagement and previously served as a local government chairperson.

Imam holds a bachelor’s degree in accountancy and has served as chief accountant, Northern Dairies Limited, as well as a bank manager.

Gufwan holds an LLB and is the executive director of the Beautiful Gate Handicapped People Centre, Jos in Plateau State.

Binta holds a master’s degree in public administration and has served as the Secretary-General of ALGON, and Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, as well as Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development.

Ngelala further noted that President Tinubu expects the new heads of the agencies and programmes to discharge the functions of their offices with utmost integrity and diligence so as to ensure that Nigerians, especially vulnerable groups, are the exclusive and direct beneficiaries of his administration’s reconfigured welfare programmes.

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