President Bola Tinubu has appointed a popular actor and film director , Ali Nuhu as the new Managing-Director of the Nigerian Film Corporation.
Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to President Tinubu confirmed this ina statement released in Abuja on Friday.
Ngelale said the president also approved the appointment of other 10 new Chief Executive Officers for agencies under the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, and Creative Economy.
According to Ngelale, those appointed are Tola Akerele , Director-General, National Theatre, Dr. Shaibu Husseini , Director-General, National Films and Censors Board, Mr. Obi Asika , Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture and Aisha Adamu Augie, Director-General, Centre for Black and African Arts and Culture.
Others are Ekpolador-Ebi Koinyan, Chief Conservator, National War Museum, Ahmed Sodangi ,Director-General, National Gallery of Art, Chaliya Shagaya , Director-General, National Institute of Archeology and Museums Studies,
Hajiya Khaltume Bulama Gana , Artistic Director, National Troupe of Nigeria ,Otunba Biodun Ajiboye , Director-General, National Institute for Cultural Orientation and Ramatu Abonbo Mohammed, Director-General, National Commission for Museums and Monuments.
“The President mandates the appointees to discharge their duties in accordance with the highest standards of professionalism, diligence, and patriotism with a view to making the creative sector more vibrant and robust,” Ngelale said.
(vitalnewsngr.com)
