President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan today appointed new bosses for the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF) and the Nigerian Content Management Development Board (NCDMB).

A statement issued in Abuja by Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) Reuben Abati said Jonathan has approved the appointment of Mrs. Asabe Asmau Ahmed as the new Executive Secretary of PEF and Mr. Denzil Amagbe Kentebe as Executive Secretary of NCDMB.

“Mrs. Ahmed, who is currently the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, takes over from Mrs. Sharon Adefunke Kasali who has been Executive Secretary of PEF since 2007,” Abati said, adding:

“The new PEF Executive Secretary hails from Niger State and holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, respectively.

“She is expected to put her years of experience in public service to good use in re-engineering, repositioning and re-invigorating PEF for present and future challenges.”

On the new NCDMB boss Abati said: “Mr. Kentebe, an architect with years of experience in strategic planning and policy management, takes over from Engineer Ernest Nwapa who has been Executive Secretary of the NCDMB since April 2010.”

•Photo shows President Jonathan.