Jonathan Appoints Special Advisers & Chief Executives For NTA, FRCN, NAN & SURE-P

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday approved the appointment of Mr Ima Niboro as the Managing Director of the New Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

This is contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, in Abuja.

Abati said the President also approved the appointment of Mr. Sola Omole as the Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority, as well as those of five others.

“The President further approved the appointment of Alhaji Ladan Salihu as Director-General of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria.

“He also approved the appointments of retired Gen. Martin Luther-Agwai as Chairman of SURE-P and Mrs. Tanwa Olusi as the Deputy Chairman,’’ he said.

The President’s spokesman also said Jonathan equally approved the appointments of Mrs. Fidelia Njeze as Special Adviser, NEPAD and Sen. Suleiman Ajadi as Special Adviser on National Assembly Matters.

He said the President directed that all the appointments were with immediate effect.

Abati said further that the appointments were made in furtherance of efforts to continually strengthen Jonathan’s administration on all fronts.

NAN reports that Niboro is the immediate-past Special Adviser to President Jonathan on Media and Publicity.

Luther-Agwai, until now, was the Deputy Chairman and Acting Chairman of SURE-P, while Njeze is the current Nigerian Ambassador to Switzerland.