President Buhari Reappoints Engr. Simbi Wabote As NCDMB Boss

President Buhari Reappoints Engr. Simbi Wabote As NCDMB Boss

Francis Tayor

Abuja_____ President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday appointed Simbi Wabote as the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) for another four years in office.

Buhari also approved the reappointment of Dr Bello Aliyu Gusau as the Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) and Ahmed Bobboi as Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Petroleum Equalization Fund (PEF).

This was contained in a statement signed by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.

The President’s approval, according to the statement, followed the recommendation of the Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva.

Dr Gusau is credited to have run the PTDF successfully in the past four years, keeping faith with the Seven Strategic Priorities he had introduced in January 2017. These are: Domestication, Cost cutting, Sustainable funding, efficient internal processes, Linkages with the industry, Utilization of centers of excellence, and Pursuit of home-grown research.

Mr. Ahmed Bobboi gets his reappointment for having run PEF in a way that made it a key and strategic player in the administration’s oil and gas reforms, especially in stabilizing the supply and distribution of petroleum products across the country, among others.

Engineer Wabote won his pips for managing the Nigerian Content Development Fund prudently, completing the headquarters building of NCDMB, and also initiating many landmark projects that are widely commended by industry players.