Tuesday, June 11, 2024 - President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Nkiruka Maduekwe as the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC) in an interim capacity, pending the confirmation of her appointment by the NCCC Supervisory Council.
A statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media & Publicity,
Ajuri Ngelale, said the President also approved that Maduekwe serves as the
Co-Chairperson of the Intergovernmental Committee on National Carbon Market
Activation Plan (NCMAP).
The President also approved the appointment of Ibrahim Abdullahi
Shelleng as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Climate Finance
& Stakeholder Engagement, Office of the President.
He is seconded to the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC)
Secretariat, where he will handle all matters related to Climate Finance &
Stakeholder/Donor Relations.
The President approved that Shelleng assume the position of Secretary of
the Intergovernmental Committee on National Carbon Market Activation Plan,
NCMAP, and serve as a member of the Presidential Committee on Climate Action
and Green Economic Solutions, as well as the Presidential Steering Committee on
Project Evergreen.
President Tinubu also approved the appointment of Olamide Fagbuji, as
his Senior Special Assistant on Climate Technology and Operations, Office of
the President.
Fagbuji is seconded to the National Council on Climate Change, NCCC,
Secretariat, where he will oversee the digitalization of a new open procurement
process and cross-departmental procedural optimization initiative.
Mr. Fagbuji served as Special Assistant to the President on Economic
Matters under the previous administration and was most recently the Technical
Adviser to the Director-General of the National Council on Climate Change
(NCCC) on Policy Research and Strategy. He is a policy analyst and computer
scientist.
The statement said that by the directive of the President, the
appointments take immediate effect.
According to Ngelale, the President said the appointments are ”to
reiterate Nigeria’s commitment to the green industrial vision, boost investor
confidence, and unlock sustainable economic value through various climate
finance instruments.
”The President expects the new appointees to bring their expertise and
discipline to bear in these assignments in pursuance of the nation’s aspiration
on green industrial development and climate action for sustainable growth and
national prosperity,” said Ngalale.
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