Following the expiration of the tenure of the former Board of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), and the Board of the National Institute for Labour Studies, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of their new Board.
For the NDE, the new Board is as follows:
1. Mr. Festus Keyamo, SAN – Chairman (As statutorily provided for Supervising Ministers of the Agency)
2. Chris J. Maiyaki (Member), representing the National Universities Commission.
3. Mallam Lawal Y. Hafiz (Member), representing the National Board for Technical Education.
4. Prince Tony Omoaghe – Member
5. Mrs. Obiageli B. Orah – Member.
6. Yamah Patience J. (Mrs.) (Member), representing the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
7. Mrs. Didi Walson-Jack, MCIPM, mni – representing the Federal Ministry of Water Resources.
8. Mr. Mohammed Ndadoko – Member- representing the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment Industry.
9. Dr. Yerima P. Terfa – Memeber- the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
10. Mr. Rasaq Bello-Osagie- Member
11. Mrs. Olubunmi Osuntuyi (Member), representing the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association.
12. Comrade Amechi Asugwuni (Member), representing the Nigeria Labour Congress.
13. Mr. Collins Iriferi Umukoro – Member
14. Mr. Andrew Obukohwo Egunoma – Member
15. Mallam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo, the Director-General of National Directorate of Employment – Member
As for the Labour Institute, its new Board is as follows:
1. Prince Sam Okpako Onokohwomo (Kowho) (Chairman)
2. Brigadier General Umar Gital Yusuf (Member), representing the Nigerian Army.
3. Mrs. Omoabie Udeme Akpan (Member), representing the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
4. CP Falaye S. Olaleye (Member), representing the Nigeria Police Force.
5. Ambassador Obinna Chukwuemeka Agbugba (Member), representing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
6. Mr. Umaru Ahmadu (Member), representing Service Strategy and Policy Office.
7. Comrade Salamatu Aliyu (Member), representing the Nigeria Labour Congress.
8. Comrade Babatunde Goke Olatunji (Member), representing the Nigeria Labour Congress.
9. Mr. Femi Mokikan (Member), representing the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association.
10. Mr. Adeniyi Ologun (Member), representing the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association.
11. Comrade Nasir Fagge (Member), representing Nigerian Universities.
12. Comrade Issa Aremu (Member), the Director of National Institute for Labour Studies.
A statement issued by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, on Thursday, explained that all the appointments have a tenure of four years.
He also disclosed that the new Boards would be inaugurated by the Supervising Minister of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) and Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr. Festus Keyamo, SAN, on a date to be communicated to all appointees.
