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Tinubu appoints Abu Ibrahim executive secretary NADF

The appointment takes immediate effect.

• October 19, 2023
Muhammed Abu Ibrahim
Muhammed Abu Ibrahim[Credit: Politics Nigeria]

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Muhammed Abu Ibrahim to serve as the executive secretary and chief executive officer of the National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF).

The President expects the new leadership at the Fund to successfully remove all barriers to efficient access to provisional funding in the sector for proven stakeholders nationwide who will credibly contribute to the Renewed Hope Agenda’s mandate in the attainment of complete self-sufficiency in local food production and eventual surplus export.

By this directive of the President, the above-mentioned appointment takes immediate effect.


Chief Ajuri Ngelale
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
October 19, 2023.

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