PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS MR. JIM OVIA AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE NIGERIAN EDUCATION LOAN FUND, NELFUND 26-04-24
By Sadiq Aminu President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Jim Ovia as the Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND.
A statement says Mr. Ovia is the founder of one of Nigeria’s leading banks and a respected business leader, with a surfeit of efforts and benefaction towards nurturing and empowering young Nigerians.
He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School and holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Louisiana.
The National Student Loan Programme is a pivotal intervention that seeks to guarantee sustainable higher education and functional skill development for Nigerian students and youth.
Signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the statement explains that the implementing institution of the Loan Fund demands excellence of finest professional ilk to guide and manage it.
It says the President believes that Mr. Ovia will bring his immense wealth of experience and professional stature to ensure that Nigerian students pursue their academic dreams.
Similarly, the President has approved the appointment of Dr. Innocent Bariate Barikor as the Director-General of the National Environmental Standards and Regulation Enforcement Agency, NESREA.
He has also appointed Prince Ebitimi Amgbare as the Managing Director/CEO of the Niger Delta River Basin Development Authority, NDRBDA.
Dr. Barikor is an academic and politician.
According to the statement, he was a member of the Rivers State House of Assembly from 2011 to 2015, while Prince Amgbare is a retired naval officer and former commissioner in Bayelsa State.
The President expects that the appointees agencies will discharge their duties with utmost fidelity to the nation.