Admin l Friday, September 25, 2020
ABUJA, Nigeria – President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed three principal officers to run the affairs of Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF, Petroleum Equalization Fund, PEF and the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB for another four years.
The three officers are Dr. Bello Aliyu Gusau as Executive Secretary, (PTDF), Ahmed Bobboi as Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer, (PEF) and Wabote Simbi as Executive Secretary, (NCDMB).
In a statement, the Presidency said they were appointed following recommendations to the President by Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Timipre Sylva.
According to the Presidency, Dr Gusau is credited to have run the PTDF successfully in the past four years, keeping faith with the Seven Strategic Priorities he had introduced in January 2017.
“These are: Domestication, Cost cutting, Sustainable funding, Efficient internal processes, Linkages with the industry, Utilization of centers of excellence, and Pursuit of home-grown research.
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“Mr Ahmed Bobboi gets his reappointment for having run PEF in a way that made it a key and strategic player in the administration’s oil and gas reforms, especially in stabilizing the supply and distribution of petroleum products across the country, among others”, the statement added.
