President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed new helmsmen for the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria(NAHCON), and the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF).

They are: Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu (ICPC), Alhaji Jalal Ahmad Arabi (NAHCON), and Ahmed Galadima Aminu (PTDF).

The appointments will be in acting capacities pending Senate’s approvals.

Separate statements yesterday in Abuja by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said Mr. Clifford Okwudiri Oparaodu was appointed the Secretary of the ICPC.

Ngelale said President Tinubu also approved the dissolution of the Hassan-led NAHCON board.

Aminu’s appointment is for an initial term of four years.

Ngelale said Aminu’s appointment followed the application for retirement by outgoing Executive Secretary Bello Aliyu Gusau, who proceeded on pre-retirement leave on September 26. (The Nation, excluding headline)

The President had approved the request by ICPC’s outgoing Chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, for pre-end of tenure leave beginning on November 4.

Arabi is a one-time Permanent Secretary of the State House. His appointment followed President Tinubu’s directive to the outgoing chairman of the commission, Alhaji Zikrullah Kunle Hassan, to proceed on a three-month pre-retirement leave ahead of his retirement on January 17, 2024, when the new helmsman will assume substantive official duties.