PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS GOVERNING COUNCIL OF MIDSTREAM & DOWNSTREAM GAS INFRASTRUCTURE FUND 12-01-24
By Sadiq Aminu President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a Governing Council of the Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund, MDGIF, to be domiciled in the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA.
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, serves as Chairman of MDGIF Governing Council, Mr. Oluwole Adama will serve as Executive Director of the Fund, while Mr. Joseph Tolorunshe is the Secretary of the Fund, and Alhaji Farouk Ahmed becomes the Chief Executive of NMDPRA
Among the appointees are representatives of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and the Federal Ministry of Finance.
The rest are Ms. Amina Maina, from the northeast, Mr. Edet David Ubong from South-south, and Mr. Tajudeen Bolaji Musa, South-west, who will serve as Independent Members of MDGIF
A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, says the President mandates the appointees to discharge their duties by upholding the highest standards of transparency, discipline, and patriotism in line with his administration’s drive to enhance the role of the gas sector in achieving robust and inclusive economic growth for Nigeria.